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18 Cards in this Set
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water cycle
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the never ending process in which water moves from the surface of the Earth to the air and then back to the Earth's surface
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precipitation
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water that falls back to the Earth
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evaporation
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the process by which a liquid changes into a gas
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condensation
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the processs by which a gas changes into a liquid
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rain
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the most common kind of precipitation, liquid water
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sleet
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frozen rain
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snow
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made of ice crystals
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hail
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round pieces of ice
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tornado
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a fast spinning spiral of wind that stretches from the clouds of a thunderstorm to the ground
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hurricane
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large tropical storms with wind speeds of 119 kilometers (74 mi) per hour or more
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sea breeze
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a breeze moving from the water to the land
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land breeze
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a breeze moving from the land to the water
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rain shadow
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the area on the far side of a mountain range that gets little or no rain or cloud cover
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air mass
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a large body of air
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cold front
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forms where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass
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warm front
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forms where warm air moves over cold air
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barometer
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measures air pressure
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anemometer
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measures wind speed
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