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| Getting fresh water from sea water |
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| The continuous movement of water between Earths surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid |
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| the slow changing of a liquid into a gas |
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| water in the form of a gas |
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| the changing of a gas into a liquid |
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| any form of water particles that fall from the atmosphere and reaches the ground |
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| precipitation that seeps into the ground and is stored in tiny holes, or pores in soil and rocks. |
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| an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water |
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| the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground |
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| a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground |
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| a storage area for fresh water supplies |
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| a hole dug below the water table that water seeps into |
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| the blanket of gases that surrounds Earth |
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| the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth |
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| Incoming SOLar RadiaTION; the amount of the Suns energy that reaches Earth at a given time and place |
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| The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it. |
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| a device for measuring air pressure |
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| a line on a weather map connecting places with equal air pressure |
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| air that moves horizontally |
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| wind that blows from the sea to land |
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| wind that blows from the land to sea |
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| the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earths rotation |
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| the flow of heat through a liquid or a gas, causing the hot parts to and cooler parts to |
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| a circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind. |
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| a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout |
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| a boundary between air masses with different temperatures |
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| a front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass |
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| a front where warm air moves in over a cold air mass |
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| the most common severe storm, formed in cumulonimbus clouds |
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| a violent, whirling wind that moves across the ground in a narrow path |
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| a very large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center |
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| a great rise of the sea along a shore caused by low air pressure. |
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| what the lower atmosphere is like at any given place and time |
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| the average weather pattern of a region |
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| the amount of water vapor in the air |
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| a comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold at a given temperature if it were full |
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