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Radition: |
the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
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Infared radition: |
electromagnetic waves with wave lengths that are longer than visable light but shorter than microwaves |
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ultraviolet radition |
electromagnetic waves that are shorter than visable light but longer than an X-rays |
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green house effect |
the process by which heat is tarped in the atomsphere by gases that form a blanket aroud earth |
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tempature |
a measure of how hot are cold an object is compared to a referance point |
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thermal energy |
the total energy of motion in the particles of a substance |
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heat |
the tranasfer of thermal energy from one object to another because the difference in tempatures |
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conduction |
the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another that is touching |
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convection |
the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid |
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wind |
the horizanetail movement of air from an area of high preesure to an area of lower presure |
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anemometer |
an instrument used to measure wind speed |
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sea breeze |
the flow of cooler air from over the ocean or lake towrd land |
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land breeze |
the flow of air from land to a body of water |
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global winds |
a gradul increase in the average temopature of earth's atmosphere |
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coriolis effect |
the change that earth's rotation causes in the motion of objects and that explains how winds curve |
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jet stream |
bands of high speed winds about 10 kilometers above earth's surface |
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water cycle |
the contiual movement of water amoung earth's atomsphere oceans and land surface through evapoation codensitiaion and ptrecepation |
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evaporation |
the process b y which water moleucles in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor |
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humidity |
the amount of water vopar in agiven volume of air |
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relative humidiy |
the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maxiumm amount of water vapor that air can contian at aparticuler tempature |
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psychrometer |
an instrument used to meaure relative humidiy |
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condensation |
the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water |
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dew point |
the tempature at which condensation begins |
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precipation |
any form of water that falls from clouds reaches earth's surface |
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drought |
long pereiods of low percipation |
