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water cycle |
the movement of water through condensation, evaporation, precipitaion |
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evaporation |
the process of water turning to a gas |
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condensation |
the water vapor bunching up making clouds |
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humidity |
the amount of water vapor in the givin volume of air |
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relative humidity |
the percentage of water vapor in the air compared too the maximum amount of water vapor the column of air can hold |
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pyschrometer |
measures humidity |
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dew point |
when water droplets condense |
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cirrus |
cloud that looks like wind |
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cumulus |
clouds that may indicate rain |
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stratus |
spread out clouds that look like cotton balls |
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percipitation |
rain |
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rain guage |
mesaures how much rain may fall in an area |
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flood |
too much rain that leads to water forming ponds |
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drought |
a dry period of time |
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air mass |
the amount of air taking up space |
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tropical |
a type of climate |
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continental |
dry air mass that forms over land |
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jet stream |
when jets leave a string of clouds that follows its trail |
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cyclone |
swirling center of low air pressure |
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anticyclone |
high pressure of dry wind |
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storm |
small storm with lots of rain |
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blizzard |
snowstom |
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thunderstorm |
storm with rain, thunder, and lightinig |
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lighting |
sudden spark of energy discharge |
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hurricane |
tropical storm with strong winds |
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storm surge |
dome of water that sweeps across land where there is a hurricane |
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tornado |
rapid, whiriling funnel shaped cloud that touches earths surface |
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evacuate |
leaving an area |
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meterologist |
someone who studies storm patterns |
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isobar |
a line of weather map that joins places with the same air pressure |
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isotherm |
a line on weather map that joins places with the same temperature |
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front |
boundary of unlike air masses meet but do not mix |