5th Grade Science - Unit C Chapter 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 water vapor | water in the form of an invisible gas |
| humidity | amount of water vapor in the air |
| evaporate | change from a liquid to a gas |
| condense | change from a gas to a liquid |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls to earth from a cloud |
| run off | water that fall onto land and drains off |
| weather | temperature, precipitation, winds, humidity, clouds and other conditions in a place at a particular time. |
| climate | the average weather conditions over many years |
| infrared radiation | energy with a wavelength longer than the wavelength of light |
| greenhouse gasses | carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gasses in the atmosphere that absorb infrared radiation from the earth's surface |
| greenhouse effect | process by which gasses in the earth's atmosphere absorb heat and keep the earth warm |
| global warming | an increase in the earth's temperature |
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