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Weather Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | A thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth |
| Biosphere | Part of earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere |
| clouds | A mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that floats in the air above the earth |
| condensation | the change of 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 |
| earth systems | The four main physical systems of the earth-hydrosphere, lithosphere,atmosphere, biosphere |
| fog | a cloud at ground level |
| Geosphere | all of the rock at and below Earth's surface (crust, Mantle, and core) |
| Glacier | Any large mass of Ice that moves slowly over land |
| Groundwater | water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
| Hydrosphere | All water at or near the surface |
| landform | A naturally formed feature on the surface of the earth |
| pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity |
| precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the earths surface |
| Runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in to the ground |
| Transpiration | evaporation of water from leaves of a plant |
| water cycle | the continual movement of water among earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |