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weather vocab
weather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Water Cycle | movement of water between the atmosphere, land,oceans,and even living things |
| Evaporation | water turning into water vaper |
| transpiration | plants release water in the enviroment through their leaves |
| sublimation | when solid water turns directly into vaper |
| condensation | the change of gas to liquid |
| precipitaion | 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 vaper in the air |
| relative humidity | amount of water vaper in the air compared to the amount of water vaper needed to reach saturation |
| air pressure | the force of air molecuses on an area |
| wind | movement of air caused by differences in air pressure. |