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climate
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Question | Answer |
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water cycle | solid-liquid-gas |
water vapor | water in the form of an invisible gas |
humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
evaporate | to change from a liquid to a gas |
condense | to change from a gas to a liquid |
precipitation | any form of water that falls to earth from a cloud |
runoff | water that falls onto land and drains off the surface |
climate | the average weather conditions in an area over many years |
infrared radiation | energy with a wavelength longer than the the wavelength of light |
green house gases | carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the atmosphere that absorb infrared radiation from the earths surface |
greenhouse effect | the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb heat and keep the earth warm |
global warming | an increase in the earth's temperature |
ocean currents | like rivers of water that move through the ocean |
el Nino | a natural event that can change weather,because of an unusually warm flow of water |