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Cat events 6-7
science
Term | Definition |
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Evaporation | water evaporates into water vapor |
condensation | water vapor turns into clouds |
precipitaion | rain,sleet,snow,and hail. |
Water cycle | The continuous processes by witch water moves from the earths surface tot the atmosphere and back. |
tempature | a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium. |
run off | water that feeds into rivers or lakes. |
ground water | water that is under ground and can be stored from days to years. |
High Pressure | clear nice weather |
low preasure | storms |
El Nino | A powerful storm that forms every 2-7 years |
gulf stream | a water current in the gulf of mexico |
corniolis efect | makes curents in the south go left and in the north go right |
upwelling | water currents that go up and down and bring up small orginisms |
Salinity | this stuff is in surface curents |
recycle | the water cycle is a form of this |
water vapor | waters gas form |