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Weather part 1
Term | Definition |
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Atmosphere | A thin layer of gasses surrounding earth. |
Biosphere | part of Earth in which life exists including lad, water and air or atmosphere. |
Clouds | a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that floats in the air above earth. |
Condensation | the change of state from gas to a liquid. |
Crystallization | when water freezes and collects in frozen form. |
Density | the measurement of how tightly materials are packed together. |
Earth systems | the four main physical systems of the earth- hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere. |
fog | A cloud at ground level |
Geo-sphere | all the rock at and below earth's surface ( crust, mantle , and core) |
Glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. |
Groundwater | water that fills cracks and spaces in the underground soil and rock layers. |
Hydrosphere | all the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97 % of which oceans |
land form | a naturally-formed feature on the earth's surface, such as coastline, dune, or mountain. |
Pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity. |
precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface as sleek, rain, snow, or hail. |
runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground. |
transpiration | evaporation of water from leaves to a plant. |
water cycle | the continual movement of water among earth's atmosphere, oceans, and learn surface through evaporation, condensation, and prepipitation. |