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Unit 11 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| water cycle | water cycle is the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth. |
| evaporation | Evaporation is the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor). |
| transpiration | Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers. |
| sublimation | Sublimation is a type of phase transition, or a change of a state of matter from a solid into a gas, without ever passing through the liquid state. |
| condensation | Condensation is the process where water vapor becomes liquid. |
| precipitation | precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. |
| weather | Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular time, as defined by the various meteorological elements, including temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, wind and humidity. |
| humidity | Humidity is a measure of water vapor in the air. |
| relative humidity | relative humidity is a measure of the water vapor content of air. |
| Dew point | dew point is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to that constant pressure in order to achieve a relative humidity of 100. |
| Air pressure | The weight of the air in the atmosphere is air pressure. |
| Wind | Wind is simply air in motion. |
| Visibility | Visibility is a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned |
| Air mass | air mass is a large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity. |
| Front | Front is the foremost part or surface of anything. |
| jet stream | The jet stream is a fast, narrow current of air flowing from west to east that encircles the globe (not to be confused with the Gulf Stream which is instead an ocean current of drifting seawater). |
| Thunderstorm | Thunderstorm is A rain-bearing cloud that also produces lightning |
| Lightning | Lightning is a rapid electrical discharge that happens between a cloud and ground, between two clouds, or within a cloud. |
| Thunder | Thunder is the loud noise that comes right after lightning. |
| Hurricane | A Hurricane is a tropical system with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more. |
| Storm Surge | storm surge is the rise in seawater level caused solely by a storm |
| Tornado | Tornado is a violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm. |
| Sinkhole | A sinkhole is a depression in the ground that has no natural external surface drainage. |
| Wildfires | Wildfires are unplanned fires that occur in wild lands such as forest, range lands or grasslands. |
| Muck fires | muck fires, are the result of smoldering combustion in organic soils. |
| Climate | Climate is the average weather in a given area over a longer period of time |
| latitude | Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator. |
| Topography | The study topography is the shape of the surface of the land, with all its ups and downs |
| elevation | elevation is the point of defined as the height of a point above sea level or the point's depth below sea level. |
| surface currents | Surface currents are driven by global wind systems that are fueled by energy from the sun. |
Created by:
Christophe Deralus