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24 Cards in this Set
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What is water vapor?
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Water in the form of an invisible gas
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What is humidity?
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The amount of water vapor in the air
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What state is water in when its ice?
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Solid
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Global warming can be caused by an increase in________
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Greenhouse gases
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When something is in a gas state, the particles are _______
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Far apart
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What is precipitation?
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Any form of water that falls to earth from a cloud.
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What is runoff?
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Water that falls onto land and drains off the surface
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The average weather conditions in an area over many years is..........
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Climate
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Energy with a wavelength longer than the wavelength of light is.......
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Infrared radiation
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Carbon dioxide,water vapor,and other gases in the atmosphere that absorb infrared radiation from the earths surface is..........................
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Greenhouse gases
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The greenhouse effect is..........
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The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb heat and keep the earth warm
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The seasons are caused by ________
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Earths tilt
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The earths uneven heating causes _________.
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Different climates around the world
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Apples are.......
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Yummy
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Can the temperature of the currents affect the land nearby?
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YES
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Volcanoes release______, ______, and _______into the atmosphere
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Dust, sulfur dioxide gas, and ash
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Another natural event is ____________________
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El Niño
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An increase in the earths temperature is ____ __________
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Global warming
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Oval shaped like a flattened circle is___________________________
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Elliptical
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A model is?
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A representation of how something looks or works.
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Name the the planets in order from the closest to the sun to the farthest away from the sun
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Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter , Saturn,Uranus , Neptune ,
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An asteroid is............
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A rocky object that revolves around the sun
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A meteoroid is.......
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A small piece of rock or metal that travels in space around the sun
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A meteor is ..........
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A bright streak of light that passes through earth's atmosphere
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