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1
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the amount of water vapor in the air

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Humidity

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puffy, white cloud that tends to have flat bottoms

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Cumulus Cloud

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3
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clouds that form in layers

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Stratus Cloud

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thin, feathery, white clouds found at high altitudes

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Cirrus Cloud

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5
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thunderstorms come from this cloud

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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the change of state from a gas a liquid

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Condensation

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7
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water turning into gas (clouds collect)

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Evaporation

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any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds

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Precipitation

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9
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precipitation falling to the earth and running off into lakes and rivers

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Runoff

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water droplets falling from the sky

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Rain

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11
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forms when rain falls through a layer of freezing air

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Sleet

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12
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forms when temps. are so cold that water vapor changes directly to a solid

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Snow

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13
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balls or lumps of ice that fall from clouds

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Hail

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14
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forms over water in the polar regions; cold

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Polar

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forms over water in the tropical region; warm

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Tropical

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the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular, the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

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Cold Front

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the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular, the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

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Warm Front

18
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a storm with thunder and lightning

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Thunderstorm

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the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud

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Lightning

20
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a loud rumbling or crashing heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air

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Thunder

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a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system

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Tornado

22
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a storm with a violent wind

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Hurricane

23
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an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature

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Thermometer

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an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind

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Anemometer

25
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forms over water in the polar regions; cold

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polar - continental airmass

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forms over water in the tropical region; warm

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tropical

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