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Weather
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Water Cycle | movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and even living things |
| Evaporation | water turning into water vapor |
| Transpiration | plants release water into the environment through their leaves |
| Sublimation | when solid water turns directly into vapor |
| Condensation | the change of water from a gas to a liquid |
| Precipitation | any form of water that falls to Earth |
| Weather | the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain time and place |
| Humidity | amount of water vapor in the air |
| Relative Humidity | amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation |
| Air Pressure | the force of air molecules pushing on an area |
| Wind | movement of air caused by differences in air pressure |
| Air Mass | a large volume of air in which temperature and moisture content are nearly the same throughout |
| Front | a boundary of air that forms between 2 air masses |
| Jet Stream | long distance winds that travel above global winds for thousands of kilometers |
| Thunderstorm | an intense local storm that forms strong winds and heavy rain along with lightning, thunder, and hail |
| Lightning | an electric discharge charged that happens between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area |
| Thunder | the sound created by the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike |
| Hurricane | a tropical low pressure system with winds blowing at speed of 74 mi/h or more |
| Storm Surge | when a hurricane moves into a coastal area, it pushes huge amounts of the ocean onto land |
| Tornado | a destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that is sometimes visible as a funnel-shaped cloud |
| Sink Holes | holes in the ground that form when a cove collapses |
| Wildfires |