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Weather unit part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | a thin layer of gasses surounding earth |
| biosphere | part of earth in which life exitsts including land water air or atmosphere |
| clouds | a mass of tiny water drops or ice crystals that float in air above air |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| crystallization | when water freezes and collects in frozen form |
| denisty | the meaaasurement of how tightly a material is packed |
| earth sysems | the four main phisical science of the earth hydrophere lydrophere atmosphere biophere |
| fog | a cloud at ground level |
| geosphere | all of the rock at the below earths surface |
| glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
| groundwater | water that fills the cracks and spaces in under the ground |
| hydrosphere | all the water at the near the surface of earth and 97% and of which is in oceans |
| land form | a naturally formed feature on the surface of earth such as coast line dune or moutain |
| pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earts surfase as rain snow sleet or hail |
| runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than looking into the ground |
| transpiration | evaporation of water form leaves of a plant |
| water cycle | the conitual movement of water cycle among earths atmosphere oceans and land surface through evaporation condensation and precipatation |