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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time? | Weather |
| What is the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or surface, below it? | Air pressure |
| What is the amount of water vapor in the called? | Humidity |
| What is the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air could contain at that temperature called? | Relative humidity |
| What is the temperature at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture constant? | Dew point |
| What is water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere? | Precipitation |
| What is the series of natural processes in which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere? | Water cycle |
| What are Temperature and rainfall just two of? | Variables used to describe weather. |
| The measure of the average what of molecules in the air is air temperature? | Kinetic energy |
| What instrument is used to measure relative humidity? | Psychrometer |
| When the air becomes saturated with water vapor , the water vapor will condense and form what? | Water droplets |
| What is an important process in the water cycle? | Precipitation |