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water cycle

the movement of water through condensation, evaporation, precipitaion

evaporation

the process of water turning to a gas

condensation

the water vapor bunching up making clouds

humidity

the amount of water vapor in the givin volume of air

relative humidity

the percentage of water vapor in the air compared too the maximum amount of water vapor the column of air can hold

pyschrometer

measures humidity

dew point

when water droplets condense

cirrus

cloud that looks like wind

cumulus

clouds that may indicate rain

stratus

spread out clouds that look like cotton balls

percipitation

rain

rain guage

mesaures how much rain may fall in an area

flood

too much rain that leads to water forming ponds

drought

a dry period of time

air mass

the amount of air taking up space

tropical

a type of climate

continental

dry air mass that forms over land

jet stream

when jets leave a string of clouds that follows its trail

cyclone

swirling center of low air pressure

anticyclone

high pressure of dry wind

storm

small storm with lots of rain

blizzard

snowstom

thunderstorm

storm with rain, thunder, and lightinig

lighting

sudden spark of energy discharge

hurricane

tropical storm with strong winds

storm surge

dome of water that sweeps across land where there is a hurricane

tornado

rapid, whiriling funnel shaped cloud that touches earths surface

evacuate

leaving an area

meterologist

someone who studies storm patterns

isobar

a line of weather map that joins places with the same air pressure

isotherm

a line on weather map that joins places with the same temperature

front

boundary of unlike air masses meet but do not mix