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Weather part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | a thin layer of gasses surrounding earth |
| bioshphere | part of earth in which life exists including land,water, air, and atmosphere |
| clouds | a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that floats in the air above earth |
| condensation | the change in state from a gas to a liquid |
| crystallization | when water freezes and collects in frozen form |
| density | the measurement of how tightly a material is packed together |
| Earth systems | the four main physical systems of the earth- hydrosphere lithosphere atmosphere and biosphere |
| fog | a cloud at ground level |
| geosphere | all of the rock at and below the earths surface |
| glacier | any large mass of ice that move slowly over land |
| groundwater | water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
| hydrosphere | all the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans |
| landform | a naturally formed on the surface on earth such as a coastline dune or moutain |
| pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity |
| precipretation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earths surface as rain snow sleet or hail |
| runoff | water that flows over ground surface rather that soaking into the ground |
| transpertation | evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant |
| water cycle | the continual movement of water among earths atmosphere oceans land surface through evaporation condensation and precipitation |