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| the layer of gases surrounding Earth - provides Earth with all the gases necessary to support life. |
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| solids such as dust, salt, and pollen, and tiny liquid droplets such as acids in the atmosphere are called ____ |
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| is the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface |
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| Earth's water is in constant motion in a never-ending process called ____ |
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| describes the current condition of the atmosphere |
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| the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere |
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| temperature at which saturation and condensation occur. |
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| is a measure of the amount of water vapor that is present compared to the amount that could be present at a specific temperature. |
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| when drops of water or crystals of ice become too large to be suspended in a cloud, they fall as ___ |
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| is a large body of air that develops over a particular region of Earth's surface |
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| where air masses of different temperature meet, a boundary between them, called a ___, is created. |
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| is a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land |
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| large storm that begins as an area of low pressure over tropical oceans. |
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| REFER TO THE WATER CYCLE DIAGRAM. |
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