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Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | the air that surrounds Earth |
| air pressure | the weight of air pushing on everything around it |
| humidity | water vapor in the air |
| precipitation | water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| evaporation | the process of changing from a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | the process of changing from a gas to a liquid |
| weather | what happens in the atmosphere at a certain place and time |
| air mass | a large body of air with properties similar to the land over which it formed |
| climate | the general weather of an area over a long period of time |
| water cycle | the change of water from one state to another as it moves between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere |
| cloud | a mass of water droplets or ice crystals that have clumped together in the atmosphere |