Weather Vocabulary- CMS
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| the layer of Earth made up of solid rock and other rocky materials | geosphere
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| what the air is like at a given time and place | weather conditions
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| the layer of gas that surrounds a planet | atmosphere
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| a way to refer to any liquid or solid forms of water that we see falling to the ground from above (hail, sleet, snow, rain) | precipitation
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| includes water that is on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air | hydrosphere
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| anything we can describe or measure about the state of the atmosphere | weather
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| a local mass of air with temperature characteristics that are different from the surrounding air | parcel
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| the same amount of matter that takes up a different amount of space | density
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| amount of water vapor in the air | humidity
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| a temperature at which a substance freezes (32F or 0C) | freezing point
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| any type of solid particle that water vapor sticks to as it cools down | cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)
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| movement in air that is moving up or down vertically | updraft
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| water slowly changes from a liquid to a gas and single molecules of water leave the surface to go into the air one at a time | evaporation
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| water in a gaseous form | water vapor
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| movement of energy such as heat or electricity through direct contact | conduction
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| invisible waves that carry energy between items without touching | radiation
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| pushes and pulls on things that can be described in terms of their direction and strength | force
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| a substance such as a liquid or a gas tending to flow or conform to the outline of its container | fluid
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| motion in a gas or liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sink | convection
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| movement in air moving sideways or horizontally | wind
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| cooling a substance turns it from a gas to a solid | deposition
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| a large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity | air mass
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| used to identify where two different air masses meet | fronts
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| measure of the weight of air | air pressure
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| trends in speed and direction of wind over a particular point on earth's surface | prevailing wind
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