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23 Cards in this Set
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Wind
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the forizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area with lower pressure.
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Local winds
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winds that blow over short distances.
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Sea breeze
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a local wind that blows from an ocean or a lake.
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Land Breeze
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the flow of air from a body of water.
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Coriolis Effect
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the way earths rotation makes winds curve.
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Temperature
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the average amount of energy of motion of each partical of a substance.
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Thermal Energy
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the total energy of motion in the particles of a substance.
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Heat
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the transfer of thermal energy froma hotter object to a cooler one.
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Conduction
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the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that is touching.
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Convection
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the transfer of heat by the movement of fluid
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Convection Currents
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the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air.
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What are electromagnetic waves?
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a form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space.
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What is Radiation?
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the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
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scattering
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When dust particales and gases reflect light in all directions.
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What is the greenhouse effect?
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When gases hold heat in the air.
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WATER CYCLE
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the continual movement of water among earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface through evaporation, condensation and precipitation
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humidity
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the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air
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relative humidity
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the % of water vapor in the air compared to the m,maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature
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condensation
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the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water
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dew point
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the temperature at which condensation begins
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cirrus
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wispy feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels
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cumulus
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fluffy white clouds usually with flat bottoms that look like rounded piles of cotton
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stratus
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clouds that form in flat layers and often cover much of the sky
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