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Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| clouds | are formed when a rising mass of air is cooled |
| condense | if the air is cooled below the dew point, the water vapor in the air condenses into tiny dropplets or ice chrystaks and forms a cloud. |
| cirrus | high, thin, feathery clouds that often mean goos weather. |
| stratus | low clouds that form layers, usually mean stormy weather. |
| cumulus | puff clouds that form in heaps. Usually mean fair weather |
| nimbus/nimbo | means rain |
| alto(stem) | means forming in the middle layer in the sky. |
| wind chill | cooling effect of skin by wind evaporating - perspiration. |
| precipitation | is water vapor that condenses and falls to the Rarth. |