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29 Cards in this Set
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Anticyclone
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A high pressure center
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Aquifer
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A permeable subsurface rock layer that can store, transmit, supply water
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Atmospheric pressure
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force exerted by atmosphere on surface
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Climate
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aggregate of day today weather conditions over long period of time
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Cloud
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A visible collection of tiny particles such as water droplets or ice crystals in the air
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Condensation
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process which water vapor converted to liquid water
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Continental drift
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theory proposed that present continents were originally connected
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Crust
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outer most solid layer of earth
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Cyclone
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low pressure center
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Equator
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parrallel of 0 latitude
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Evaporation
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process by which liquid water is converted to gas water vapor
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Front
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a zone of discontinunity between unlike air masses
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Global Warming
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an increase in average global temperatures over the last century
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Latitude
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location described as angle measured north and south of equator
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Longitude
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location described as angle measured in degree minutes and seconds
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Map
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flat representation of earth at reduced scale showing only select detail
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Ozone
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gas composed of molecules consisting 3 atoms
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Precipitation
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any form of wate, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the earth
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Radiation
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process which energy is emitted from a body flow of energy inform
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Rock
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solid material composed of aggregated mineral particles
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Scale (of a map)
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relationship between length measured on map and actual distance represent on earth
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Storm
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an atmospheric disturbance with unsettled conditions such as winds,clouds and precipitation
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Subduction
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descent of the edge a lithospheric plate under edge of plate
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Temperature
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measure of degree of hotness or coldness of substance
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Tropsphere
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lowest thermal layer of atmosphere
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Water table
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top of saturated zone within ground
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Weather
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short term atmospheric conditions forgiven time and area
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Westerlies
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great wind system of mid latitudes
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Wind
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horizontal air movement
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