WH 6th science
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| the movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface | water cycle
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| the process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor | evaporation
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| water vapor is also added to air by what | living things
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| water enters the roots of plant,rises to the leaves and releases as what | water vapor
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| respiration | process of breathing
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| persperation | sweating
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| transpiration | giving off vapor thru pores
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| precipitation | any form of water that comes from a cloud
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| Humidity | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
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| the amount of water vapor that the air can hold idepends on the what | temperature
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| what kind of air holds the most amount of water vapor | warm air
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| an instument used to measure relative humidity | psychrometer
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| what forms when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals | clouds
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| clouds are not what | water vapor
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| clouds are what | water droplets
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| process when molecules of water vapor become liquid water | condensation
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| cold air holds blank water vapor | less
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| temperture in which condensation begins | dew point
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| clouds are made up of millions of what | ice crystalsand water vapor
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| water vapor needs a solid surface on which to what | condensate
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| solids in the air: | dust,salt,smoke
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| water vapor that condenses from the air onto a cold solid surface is called what | dew
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| frost is ice that has been directly depoisted onto a cold what | surface
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| clouds form when what | cooled
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| dew is not what | percipitation
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| frost is not what | frozen dew
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| our weather comes from the where | west
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| windward is the what side | west side
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| leeward side is the what side | eastern side
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| place where very little rain falls | rain shadow
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| meterologists classify clouds in three main types: | cumulus, stratus,cirrus
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| clouds are also classified in what | altatud
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| cumulus clouds are usually how many kms | 18
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| cumulus clouds usually indicate what | bad weather
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| nimbo means what | rain
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| cumulonimbus clouds usually produce what kind of clouds | thunderstorms
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| flat clouds are called | stratus
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| srato means what | blanket
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| a srtatus day is an what kind day | overcast
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| wispy and feathery clouds are called what | cirrus
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| what clouds form in high levels | cirrus
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| cirrus clouds are manly made of what | ice crystals
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| part of the cluds name may be based on its what | hieght
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| alto means what | high
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| what two clouds are the main type of these | altocumulus and altosratus
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| what forms after a warm humid day | fog
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| clouds that form near the ground is called what | fog
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| percipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds
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| percipitation always comes from what | cloud
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| not all clouds produce what | percipitation
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| common percipitationis what | rain, snow, hail
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| what is the most common type of percipitation | rain
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| drops of water are called what if they are at least 5 millimetersin diameter | rain
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| percipitation smaller than what it is mist or drizzle | .5 millimeters
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| mist or drizzle usually come from what type of clouds | nimbostratus clouds
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| what forms when raindrops fall through freezing air forming solid particles of ice | sleet
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| freezing rain is called what | icestorms
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| hailis a round pellet of what | ice
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| hailis usually form in what kind fo cloud | cumulonimbus
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| what forms after it goes through levels of the cloud | hail
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| sublimationis the process by which a gas tuns directly to a what | solid
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| water vapor ih a cloud is converted directly to ice crsytals | snow
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| how many sides does a snowflake have | six
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| an open can or tube that measures how much rain has fallen | rain gauge
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| long periods of unusally low percipitation | drought
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| what is the common method of forming rain | cloud seeding
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| chemicals used for cloud seeding | CO2 and silver iodide
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| what cools the water droplets | dry ice
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| what is dry ice | frozen CO2
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| dry ice goes to a solid to a what | gas
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