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radition |
the direct transfer of energy by electro magnetic waves |
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infared radition |
electromagnetic waves with wavelengths that are longer than visible light but shorter than microwaves. |
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ultraviloet radition |
electromagnetic waves with wavelengths that are shorter than x-ray waves |
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greenhouse effect |
the process witch heat is |
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wind |
The perceptile natural movement of air especially in the form of the current
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sea breeze |
the breeze that blows from the sea on to the land |
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land breeze |
The breeze that blows from the sea to the land |
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global winds |
The golbal winds are the dominant wind patterns |
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coriolis effect |
The effect were a nearby mass is moving and rotating |
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jet stream |
a narrow variable band of very strong perdomntly westerly air currents |
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anemometer |
an instrument that messures air speed and or of any current gasses |
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water cycle |
the cycle of witch water cycles between earths atmosphere ocean and land |
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evaporation |
is the process wich water goes from water to a gas |
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humidity |
a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or a gas |
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relative humidty |
the % of water vapor in the air |
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psychrometer |
an instrument used to relative humidty |
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condensation |
water that collects as droplets |
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dewpoint |
the atmospheric tempature below wich water start to condense |
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precipitation |
Any form of water that falls from earths clouds and hits the ground |
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drought |
a prolaonged peroid of abnormaly long low rainfall |
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temperature |
the degree of intensty in a substance |
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thermal energy |
the internal energy of an object |
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heat |
the quality of being hot |
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conduction |
the process of wich heat or electricty is transmitted directly |
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convection |
the movment caused within an object |
