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Weather/Water Cycle

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Weather The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
Water Cycle The continuous movement of water from water sources such as lakes and oceans, into the air, onto and over land, into the ground, and back to the water source.
Evaporation When liquid water turns into water vapor (gas).
Condensation When a gas cools and changes to a liquid.
Transpiration The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves.
Precipitation Water in the solid or liquid form that falls from the air to the Earth.
Runoff Water that flows across land and collects in rivers, streams, and eventually the oceans.
Infiltration Surface water that is absorbed into the ground.
Ground Water Water stored underground.
Humidity The amount of water vapor or moisture in the air.
Relative Humidity As a given temperature. The amount of moisture air contains compared to the maximum it should be able to hold.
Dew Point The temperature to which air must cool to be completely saturated.
Cloud A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals.
Air Mass A large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture throughout.
Front The boundary where 2 different air masses meet.
Thunderstorms Small intense weather systems that produce strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.
Tornado A small rotating column of air that has high wind speed and low central pressure and that touches the ground.
Hurricane A large rotating tropical weather system with wind speed of at least 119 km/hr.
Cirrus Thin, feathery white clouds formed at high altitudes.
Stratus Clouds that form in layers.
Cumulus Puffy white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms.
Climate The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
Latitude The distance north or south from the equator, measured in degrees.
Prevailing wind Winds that blow mainly from one direction.
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