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Vocabulary Words Flashcards

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Transpiration

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When plants let water run off of them

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Condensation

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When water vapor cools to form water droplets

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Percolation

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When water soaks into the ground

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3
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Universal solvent

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Water

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4
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3 jobs of clouds

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  1. Make water around around earth
  2. Regulate temperature on earth
  3. Block sunlight, cools
    Traps heat like a blanket
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Sublimation

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When frozen water goes to gas

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Types of precipitation

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Rain,snow,sleet,hail,ice

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What is runoff

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Precipitation falls to the ground and returns to oceans lakes rivers and streams

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What is groundwater

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Precipitation that soaks into the ground

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Reservoir

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A man made lake for storing drinking water

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What are forms of condensation?

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Water droplets on mirror
Dew on plants
Windshields in morning

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11
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What are types of evaporation

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Water boiling
Blow drying hair
Drying your clothes
Puddles disappearing

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12
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Evaporation

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Process of water turning to gas

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13
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Cumulus cloud

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Form as warm moist air moves high into the sky

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14
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Circus cloud

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Formed high in the sky where the temperature is cold

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Stratus cloud

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A cloud that is low and forms flat wide layers

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Nimbus cloud

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A rain cloud

17
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Difference in clouds

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Some are high , low,or in middle

Moist, dry, and cold climates

18
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Do clouds form the same way.

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Yes but look differently depending on water, land, and air interact

19
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How do clouds form.

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Clouds form from water vapor that is cooled and sticks to particles in the sky

20
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Do some clouds glow?

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Yes

21
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How do you measure precipitation

A

Rain gauge

22
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What is a cumulus nimbus cloud

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Highest cloud- thunderstorms

23
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What tells when rain is over

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Rainbow

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Air mass

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A large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity

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What is a front

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A line where two air masses meet

26
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What is a forecast

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Prediction of what weather will be like

27
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What instruments do meteorologist use?

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Computer generated maps

Weather satellites

28
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What is percolation

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When water soaks into the ground

29
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What is important to the earth

A

Water

30
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Flurries

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Light snow

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