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Weather part 4
Matter and Patterns on Earth - Weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| Solid | Matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space |
| Liquid | Matter that takes the shape of its container and takes up a definite amount od space |
| Gas | matter that has NO definite SHAPE and takes up NO definite amount of space |
| Volume | the amount of space that matter takes up |
| Density | the property of matter that compares the amount of matter to the space taken up by the matter |
| Solution | a mixture in which the particles of different kinds of matter are mixed evenly with each other |
| Solubility | a measure of the amount of a material that will dissolve in another material |
| Buoyancy | the ability of matter to float iin a liquid or a gas |
| Weather | the combination of conditions like sun, clouds. rain. wind. humidity, heat, and cold certain area and point in time |
| Climate | the pattern or cycle of weather conditions over large areas are averaged over many years |
| Meterologist | a person who studies weather conditions |
| Forecast | a prediction of weather conditions for future days |
| Atmosphere | the layer of air that surrounds the earth |
| Humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |