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| a blanket of air that surrounds the Earth |
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| lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere |
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| physical change from the gas state to the liquid state |
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| the weight of the air surrounding an object |
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| the transfer of heat energy through electromagnetic waves |
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| the transfer of heat energy form molecule to molecule |
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| the transfer of heat energy through the movement of fluids |
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| the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system |
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| physical change from the liquid state to the gas state |
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| occurs when the land heats the air above it at different rates |
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| something that gives the air a nudge upward |
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| strong wind currents moving upwards |
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| multi-cell storms that form in a line that can extend laterally for hundreds of miles |
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| occurs when the wind changes speed and/or directional height |
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| how air and storm systems travel over Earth's surface |
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| the day of the year when the same amount of radiation goes to both hemispheres |
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| relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere |
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| fair and dry/hot weather are occured by this |
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| causes rainy and stormy weather |
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| the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place |
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| a large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity |
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| boundaries between two air masses |
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| the process of evaporation of water from plants which occurs through their stomata |
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| the point at which dew forms |
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| happens when tiny condensation particles bump into one another, join together, and then grow to large for the rising air to support, and thus fall to Earth |
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