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All of the parts of the Earth in which organisms are able to live , along with all other living things is called the

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Biosphere

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the change of state of particles from a liquid to a gas at the surface of the liquid

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Evaporation

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The instrument that measures the average kinetic energy of a substance (temperature).

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Thermometer

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All of the water on Earth including ice, liquid water in the oceans, rivers, and lakes, and water is called the

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Hydrosphere

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The liquid and solid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called

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Aerosols

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The condition of the atmosphere and its phenomena in a certain place at a specific time

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Weather

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The instrument that measures the speed as well as the direction of the wind.

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Anemometer

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the transfer of energy caused by the circulation of matter due to differences in density

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Convection

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All of the rock, sand, and soil on Earth including at the surface and deep underground is called the

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Geosphere

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Elevation is your distance from sea level on land, altitude is your distance from sea level in the air, latitude is

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A unit in degrees which describes a position on Earth relative to the equator

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance

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Temperature

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The energy an object has due to its motion

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Kinetic Energy

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13
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Greenhouse Gases include

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water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane

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The instrument that collects and measures the amount of precipitation.

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Rain gauge

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The warming of the troposphere by energy trapped by greenhouse gases is called

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The Greenhouse Effect

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Energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler object

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Heat

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This is the relatively thin layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface and the layer where weather occurs.

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Tropshere

18
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the transfer of energy by light

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Radiation

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The transfer of energy from one part of a material to another or between two objects that are in physical contact with each other

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Conduction

20
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the change of state of particles from a gas to a liquid

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Condesation

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3 Min Break

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