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| When moisture condenses out of the air and eventually falls a precipitation. |
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| A large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops |
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| A violent, rotation column of air that forms from a Cumulonimbus wall cloud and has very high winds speeds; whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land; funnel cloud |
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| Holds less water vapor because air molecules are closer together. |
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| Holds more water vapor because air molecules are farther apart. |
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| A measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount that it can hold at a specific temperature. |
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| Low, layered, gray clouds that produce rain and drizzle. |
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| Forms where cold and warm air masses come together. |
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| A line that connects points of equal temperatures on a map. |
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| A line that connects points of equal atmospheric pressure on a map |
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| When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can. |
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| The highest clouds; made of ice crystals |
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| When air containing moisture is cooled and the temperature at which the air is saturated and condensation forms. |
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| High, white feathery clouds usually associated with fair weather. |
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| Forecasts the weather using data collected from many sources. |
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| Tornadoes form from this type of Cumulonimbus cloud. |
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| Interaction of air, water, and sun. |
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| Form over tropical oceans and have a winds speed over 119 km/hour (74 mph). |
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| Snow melts in the air and then refreezes near the ground to form this form of precipitation. |
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| The build up of positive and negative An electrical discharge that happens between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area. |
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| The flow of energy from hot fluids rising and cool fluids sinking. |
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| The flow of energy from objects that are touching one another. |
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| The transfer of energy waves. |
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| Conduction, Convection, and Radiation |
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| In the atmosphere energy can be transferred by these 3 HEAT TRANSFER methods. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy between objects when the MOLECULES OR ATOMS COLLIDE. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by MOVEMENT OF A HEATED MATERIAL from one place to another. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. |
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| The transfer of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature. |
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| When warm air rises and transfers heat to cooler air, which then sinks. |
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| SHORT TERM state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind. |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air. |
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| The change of state of water from a GAS to a Liquid. |
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| Any form of water, frozen or liquid, that falls to Earth's surface from clouds. |
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| The sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike. |
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| Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. |
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| Atmospheric pressure is highest here. |
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| Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere(contains Ionosphere) and Exosphere. |
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| Layers of the atmosphere in order - ground level to outer space |
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| Two layers of the Thermosphere |
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| Layer where Ozone Layer is located. |
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| Filters out much of the UV radiation in the atmosphere. |
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| Caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun. |
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| Outer-most atmospheric layer; least dense layer; extends into outer space |
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| a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, usually near the northern or southern magnetic poles. |
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| The International Space Station and the space shuttle orbit the earth in this layer of earth's atmosphere. |
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| Where our weather occurs; most dense layer of the atmosphere. |
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| Most abundant gas in our air; 78% |
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| Created when air masses of different temperature come together. |
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| Created by unequal heating of the Earth by the sun. |
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| Its energy warms the planet, powers the weather and the water cycle, and makes it possible for plants to grow. |
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| Part of Earth’s upper atmosphere, between 80 and about 600 km above the surface of the Earth; where radiation from the sun ionizes; stops dangerous radiation from the sun (Auroras). the ionosphere is important because it reflects and modifies radio waves used for communication and navigation. |
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