Water Flashcards

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Water cycle

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The process in which water continuously move from earth surface into the atmosphere and back again

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Atmosphere

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The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet

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Evaporation

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The process in which a liquid turns into air

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Water vapor

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A gas state of water

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Precipitation

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Water that falls from the air to the earth surfaces such as rain sleet snow or hail

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Condensation

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The process by which a gas changes into a liquid

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Runoff

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What’s your that does not soak into the ground and flows across earths surface

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Weather

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What is happening in The atmosphere right now

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Anemometer

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A weather instrument that measures the wind speed

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Barometer

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Hey weather instrument that measures air pressure

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Air pressure

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The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on earth

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Humidity

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The amount of water vapor in the air

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Temperature

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The measure of energy of motion in the particles of matter what we feel is hot or cold something is

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Climate

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The pattern of weather in an area experience over a long period of time such as the year

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Equator

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Open imaginary line around earth that is equal distance from north and south poles

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Latitude

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A measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator

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Polar zone

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Greatly farthest from the equator is covered in ice and snow all year round

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Temperate zone

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Places such as Ohio Chicago New York that all have a moderate temperatures and precipitation and it usually has four seasons

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Tropical zone

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Places like Florida and the Bahamas that are nearly equator and the temperatures warm all year round and the amount of Precipitation varies greatly