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Science vocabulary 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water cycle | the continual movement of water among earth’s atmosphere oceans and land surface through evaporation condensation and precipitation |
| evaporation | the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to gas |
| condensation | the change in state from a gas to a liquid |
| dew point | the temperature at which condensation begins |
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air |
| Relative humidity | the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth surface as rain snow sleet or hail |