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Density |
The quality or state of being dense |
That fog is thick |
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Altitude |
position at a height |
Some visitors find it difficult to adjust to the city's high altitude |
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Radation |
energy that comes from a source in the form of waves or rays you cannot see |
the sun's radiation of heat |
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Convection |
movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the colder parts move down |
the transfer of heat by convection in a fluid |
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Conduction |
the act of conducting or conveying |
conductivity |
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Ozone |
pure and refreshing air |
Scientists are concerned about ozone depletion |
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Global Warming |
an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely |
World leaders will address the problem of global warming. |
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Greenhouse Effect |
warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet |
caused by conversion of solar radiation into heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere. |
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Evaporation |
to change from a liquid into a gas |
The heat evaporated the water |
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Condensation |
the process by which a gas cools and becomes a liquid |
small drops of water that form on a cold surface |
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Wind |
High pressure creates wind blowing to low pressure |
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Low and High Pressure |
Low-pressure systems are associated with clouds and precipitation that minimize temperature changes through the day, whereas high-pressure systems normally associated with dry weather and mostly clear skies with larger diurnal temperature changes due to greater radiation at night and greater sunshine during the day. |
Low-pressure systems clouds and precipitation. high-pressure systems dry weather and mostly clear skies |
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Types of Air Masses |
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There are 6 air masses |
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Types of Clouds |
Cirrus,Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus Altostratus,Altocumulus, Nimbotratus Cumulus,Stratus, Cumulonimbus,Stratocumulus |
There are 3 high clouds,3 middle clouds and 4 low clouds |
