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Chapter 8, CC 1, A Beka Book

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Weather   The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place  
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Climate   The year-round weather typical of a certain place  
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Meteorology   the study of weather and of the atmospheric conditions that produce weater  
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Meteorologists   Forecast weather conditions  
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What three major factors work together to cause the earth's variable weather?   Heat energy, uneven distribution of heat energy, and water vapor in the atmosphere  
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Precipitation   The water that falls to the earth, including rain, sleet, hail, and snow  
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Melting   The process of going from a solid to a liquid  
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Freezing   In which molecules of a liquid lose enough energy to become "locked" in fixed positions  
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Evaporation   The process of liquid becoming gas  
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Condensation   If molecules in water vapor lose enough energy they will return to a liquid state in this process  
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Saturated   Air in which the water in the air is evaporating at the same rate that it is condensing  
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Humidity   The amount of water vapor in air  
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Relative humidity   The ratio of the actual humidity to the humidity of saturated air under the same conditions  
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Dew point   the temperature in which air becomes saturated  
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Water vapor, under ordinary conditions, will not turn into liquid water without what?   A surface to condense upon  
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Dew   The water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground condenses into these drops of water  
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Frozen Dew   Occurs when temperatures drop below freezing after dew has formed, making the the dew freeze  
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Condensation nuclei   Microscopic particles, such as dust, soot, smoke, and sea salt, that are floating in the atmosphere  
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What do condensation nuclei serve as?   as the center that water vapor condenses onto  
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Frost point   Occurs when the dew point of water is below the freezing point of water  
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Deposition   The process of the air's water vapor skipping the liquid stage by changing directly into a crystal of ice on a surface  
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What some scientists call deposition   Sublimation  
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Water vapor is super cooled when what?   its temperature is below the freezing point  
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Ice deposits   Frost  
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Water vapor in air that drops below the frost point will remain super cooled until it can crystallize onto microscopic particles known as ___ ___.   Freezing nuclei (or ice nuclei)  
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