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| theorectically, the lowest possible temperature; all movement stops at this temperature |
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| the process by which a gas becomes a liquid |
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| transfer of heat energy through the collision of molecules |
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| transfer of heat energy by circulatory movements in a fluid that results from differences in density within that fluid |
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| the energy of movement of any object; the greater the speed and mass of an object, the greater the kinectic energy |
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| the energy possessed by an object as a result of its position or location, chemical conditions, or phase (state) of matter |
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| the method by which electromagnetic energy moves from place to place by way of transverse waves |
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a change in direction and velocity of waves when they pass from one type of material into another with a different density.
EX: pencil in a glass of water appears bent |
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| process by which a substance changes from liquid phase to solid phase |
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| the quantity of heat, in calories, needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree Celsius; the degree of difficulty a material offers to heating up or cooling off. |
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| a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a body of matter |
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| the process by which a liquid becomes a gas |
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| a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperatuer |
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| the weight of the overlying atmosphere pushing down on a given unit of area; affected by changes in termperature, water vapor, and altitude; also called atmospheric pressure or barometric pressure |
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| instrument used to determine wind speed |
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| instrument used to determine air pressure |
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| a low pressure portion of the troposhere that has air moving towards its center; usually rotates counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere; includes hurricanes tornadoes, and mid-latitude cyclones also called a low |
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| the temperature at which the air becomes saturated ~ clouds form when the air temperature equals the dew point temperature |
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