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What is Outgassing?
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Process by which water and water vapor emerge from layers deep within and below the crust
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What is Eustasy?
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The global sea level condition
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What is Glacio-eustatic?
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Is the changes in the amount of water stored in glaciers, and ice sheets
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What is Phase Change?
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Is the change of water from one state to another
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What is Sublimination?
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Refers to the direct change of ice to water-vapor, or water-vapor to ice
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What is Latent Heat?
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Is heat energy stored in one of three states- ice, water, or water-vapor
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What is Latent Heat of Vaporization?
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The heat energy absorbed from the environment in a phase change from liquid to water-vapor under normal pressure, 540 calories must be added to each gram
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What is Latent Heat of Sublimination?
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The heat energy absorbed or released in the phase change from ice to water-vapor or water-vapor to ice, no liquid phase.
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What is Latent Heat of Condensation?
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The heat energy released to the environment in a phase change from water-vapor to liquid, under normal sea level pressure, 540 calories are released from each gram of water-vapor that condenses at 20 C (68 F)
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What is Humidity?
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Refers to the water-vapor in the air
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