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Science
Weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wind | air that moves horizontally |
| Atmosphere | the blanket of gases that surround the earth |
| Troposphere | the layer of the atmosphere closest to earth's surface |
| Air Pressure | the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it |
| Barometer | a device for measuring air pressure |
| Weather | what the lower atmosphere is like at any given place and time |
| Humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| Water Vapor | water in the form of a gas |
| Evaporation | the slow changing of a liquid to a gas |
| Relative Humidity | a comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold at a given temperature if it were full, or saturated |
| Condensation | the changing of a gas into a liquid |
| Stratus Cloud | a cloud that forms in a blanket-like layer |
| Cumulus Cloud | a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom |
| Fog | a cloud at ground level |
| Cirrus Cloud | a high-altitude cloud with a feather-like shape, made up ice crystals |
| Precipitation | any form of water particles that fall from the atmosphere and reaches the ground |
| Convection Cell | a circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind |
| Coriolis Effect | the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation |