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5.8A & B Weather & Climate

Terms in this set (15)

Water Cycle
The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates back down to Earth's surface
Evaporation
Physical change in matter from a liquid to a gas.
Condensation
Physical change in matter from a gas to a liquid.
Precipitation
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky.
Accumulation
Collection of water such as oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.
Runoff
The movement of land water (rivers, lakes, and streams) to the oceans.
Transpiration
The evaporation of water into the atmosphere from the leaves and stems of plants.
Weather
Describes the condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall
Climate
Average weather conditions of a region year after year
Humidity
the amount of water vapor in the air
Typical
usual; average
Trend
show an increasing or decreasing number of events
Data
pieces of information
Temperature
a measure of how hot or cold something is
Generalization
a rule of pattern based on limited proof
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