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| WATER CYCLE | The constant movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth's surface. |
| WATER VAPOR | The gas form of water. |
| CONDENSATION | the process by which a gas changes into a liquid. |
| EVAPORATION | the process by which a liquid changes into a gas |
| SUBLIMATION | the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas |
| WEATHER | the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time. |
| HUMIDITY | a measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air. |
| PRECIPITATION | water that falls from clouds to earth |
| METEOROLOGY | the study of weather |
| BAROMETER | instrument for measuring air pressure |
| RAIN GAUGE | instrument used to measure rainfall |
| ANEMOMETER | instrument for measuring wind speed. |
| HYGROMETER | instrument for measuring humidity |
| THERMOMETER | measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
| AIR MASS | a large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity throughout. |
| FRONT | a place where two air masses meet. |
| CLIMATE | the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time. |
| HAIL | precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents |
| SNOW | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals |
| FOG | droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground |
| SATURATED | The vocabulary word meaning thoroughly soaked by moisture or wet is |
| HUMIDITY | a measure of water vapor in the air. |
| SLEET | When raindrops fall through cold air and freeze, which precipitation forms? |
| DEW POINT | The temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor is called the . |
| RELATIVE HUMIDITY | The percent of water vapor saturation of the air is called |
| CLIMATE | Climate can be described as the average of _____ over a long period of time. |
| WEATHER | The temporary state of the atmosphere in a region |
| HAIL | lumps of ice that are normally fairly round and no larger than a centimeter in diameter |
| WIND | the movement of air |
| ISOBAR | Lines of equal atmospheric pressure |
| ISOTHERM | Lines of equal temperature |
| MILLIBARS | units used to measure barometric pressure |
