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Weather Vocab
Flocabulary Weather Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the gases that surround Earth or another planet. | atmosphere |
| the act or process of changing from a gas or vapor to a liquid. | condensation |
| to turn from liquid to vapor or gas. | evaporate |
| all the water on and above the Earth's surface, including bodies of water and water in the atmosphere. | hydrosphere |
| the layer of rock that makes up the outer part of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle. | lithosphere |
| the layer of the Earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere. It is about 30 to 50 miles above the surface of the Earth. | mesosphere |
| water that falls from the sky to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail. | precipitation |
| the layer of the Earth's atmosphere just above the troposphere which contains the ozone layer. | stratosphere |
| the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere, in which temperature increases with height. | thermosphere |
| the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where most cloud formations and weather occur. | troposphere |