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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things |
| evaporation | the change of state from a liquid to a gas |
| transpiration | the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomact also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms |
| sublimation | the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| prsipataion | any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds; includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail |
| weather | the short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility |
| humidty | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| relative humidity | the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation at a given temperature |
| dew point | at constant pressure and water vapor content, the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation ( |
| air pressure | the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface |
| wind | the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure |
| visibility | the distance at which a given standard object can be seen and identified with the unaided eye ( |
| air mass | a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar |
| jet stream | a narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere |
| thunderstorm | a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder (714) tormenta |
| lightning | an electric discharge that takes place between two oppositely charged surfaces, such as between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two parts of the same cloud |
| thunder | the sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike |
| hurricane | a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 119 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center |
| storm surge | a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm, such as those from a hurricane |
| tornado | a destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that may be visible as a funnel-shaped cloud |
| sinkhole |