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Weather and Climate
Vocabulary for Weather and Climate
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Climate | is a description of the average weather conditions in a region over a long period of time |
| Weather | It is a way to describe the outdoors at a given time and place. |
| humidity | The amount of water vapor in the air is called humidity. |
| precipitation | . When the water droplets in the clouds become heavy, they fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
| meteorologists | Record and study weather patterns to predict weather |
| evaporation | The liquid water turns into a gas called water vapor. The water vapor is now in the air. |
| atmosphere | The blanket of air that surrounds the Earth |
| water cycle | movement of water between the earth and sky |