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weather part 1
Term | Definition |
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atmoshere | a thin layer of gasess surrounding earth |
biosphere | part of earth in wich life exitst including land water and air or atmosphere |
clouds | a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crysatls that floats in the air above earth |
condensation | the change of states from a gas to a liquid |
crytaltion | when water freezes and collects in frozen form |
density | the messurment of how tightly a material is packed togather |
earth sytem | the four main phsalcal sytems of the earth hydrosphere lithosphere atmosphere biosphere |
fog | a cloud ground level |
geosphere | all of the rock at and below earth suface crust mantel and core |
glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
ground water | water that fills the crack 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 ocean |
landform | a nautureally formed feauture on the surface of earth such as a coastline dune or mountane |
pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity |
preciption | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches and reaches earth surfaces as rain sleet snow or hail |
runoff | water that flows over the ground surfacesrather than soaking into the ground |
transpitation | evaportion of water from the leaves of a plant |
water cycle | the continnual movement of water among earths atmoshpere oceans and land surface though evaportion condesation and prespition |