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30 Cards in this Set
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absorb
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to take in
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soak
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atmosphere
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a blanket of gas that surrounds Earth
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the air up there
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axis
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a real or imaginary line that a spinning object turns around
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a top or a gyroscope
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cast
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a fossil formed or shaped within a mold
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dino steps
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comet
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a chunk of ice and rock that orbits the sun in a long narrow orbit
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Mold
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A fossil clearly showing trhe outside features of the organism
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Orbit
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the path an object follows as it revolves
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Planet
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A satellite of the sun
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Pollution
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the adding of harmful substances to the water, air, or land
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Precipitation
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Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet
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properties
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quality of objects (texture, color, shape, weight)
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Rock Cycle
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a never ending proccess by which rocks are changed from one type to another
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Sedimentary Rock
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rock formed from bits or layers of rock cemented together
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Air Mass
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a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
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Air Pressure
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the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
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Temperature
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a measure of how hot or cold something is
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Thermometer
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an instrument used to measure temperature
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Humidity
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a measurement of how much water vapor is in the air
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Front
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a boundary between air masses with different temperatures
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Forecast
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statement of what is to come, prediction of the coming weather
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Cold Front
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a front where cold air moves under warm air
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Warm front
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a boundary between air masses where tha warm air slides up and over the cold air mass
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weather
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condition of the atmosphere with respect to the temperature, moisture, cloudiness and changes day to day
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Weather Vane
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an instrument used to measure wind direction
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Condensation
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the process in which water particles change from a gas to a liquid
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Crust
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solid rock that makes up the Moons and Earths outermost layers
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Drought
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a long period of time with little or no precipitation
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earthquake
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movement or vibration in the rocks that make up earths crust
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erosion
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the wearing away of soil and rock particles by waves, wind, running water, or glaciers
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eruptions
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bursting or throwing forth
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