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Weather and Climate
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| transpiratation | the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; 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 |
| preciptation | |
| weather | |
| humidity | |
| relative humidity | |
| dew point | |
| air pressure | |
| wind | |
| visibilty | |
| air mass | |
| front | |
| jet stream | |
| thunderstorm | |
| lightning | |
| thunder | |
| hurricane | |
| storm surge | |
| tornado | |
| sinkhole | |
| wildfire | |
| muck fire | |
| Climate | |
| latitude | |
| topography | |
| elevation | |
| surface currents |