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Weather Vocab

Vocab

TermDefinition
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
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