Term
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Definition
• _____________________,
• ___________________, &
• _____________________
at a particular time and place |
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Term
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Definition
scientist who studies
__________________ |
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Term
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Definition
any form of _______________
that falls to the earth
(ex. rain, snow, sleet, hail) |
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Term
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Definition
| the air that surrounds the earth |
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Term
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Definition
scientist who studies the
_____________________ |
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Term
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Definition
| the average weather of a place over a long period of time |
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Term
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Definition
| scientist who studies the earth’s _________________________ |
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Term
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Definition
scientist who studies the __________________________
__________________________ |
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Term
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Definition
| a strong ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Gulf of Mexico to northwestern Europe |
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Term
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Definition
| regular movements of large amounts of water in the ocean |
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Term
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Definition
| the amount of salt in water |
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Term
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Definition
| a substance that dissolves other substances |
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Term
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Definition
large collections of
_______________ ______________
in the atmosphere |
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Term
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Definition
| the process through which gas (water vapor) turns into a liquid |
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Term
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Definition
| the process through which liquid becomes a gas (water vapor) |
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Term
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Definition
| the amount of water vapor in the air |
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Term
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Definition
the __________________ _____ ___________________________
from one state to another |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| water found beneath the earth’s surface |
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Term
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Definition
| the uppermost layer of the earth’s atmosphere |
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Term
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Definition
the layer of earth’s atmosphere
where the temperature
_________________ in altitude
(between stratosphere and thermosphere) |
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Term
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Definition
the layer of earth’s atmosphere
where the temperature
______________ with altitude
(above mesosphere) |
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Term
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Definition
the layer of earth’s atmosphere
where the temperature
____________________ with altitude (above mesosphere) |
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Term
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Definition
| the lowest layer of earth’s atmosphere where people live and most weather occurs |
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Term
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Definition
the horizontal movement
of air |
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Term
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Definition
an instrument used to measure
____________ _____________ |
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Term
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Definition
an instrument used to measure
____________ _____________ |
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Term
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Definition
the most common
wind direction for a region |
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Term
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Definition
| a boundary where a mass of air meets another air mass of a different temperature |
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Term
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Definition
| a force applied to a surface |
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Term
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Definition
| something that contaminates (pollutes) the environment |
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