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| What is the change in state from a solid directly to a gas called? |
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| What term refers to the temperature at which the relative humidity is 100 percent? |
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| What is the name of the clods that are low and dark and often bring rain? |
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| What clouds are white and puffy? |
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| Name three types of solid precipitation... |
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| What in the atmosphere can be in the _______, ______, or _____ state. |
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| Gaseous, Liquid, or solid. |
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| Water can change from one state to another by... |
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-Evaporation
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| What state is water in when it is called humidity? |
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| What is called when the temperature at which the relative humidity is 100%? |
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| What is a mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air? |
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| If warm air rises, it temperature decreases because of a process called __________ ___________. |
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| What is microscopic particles of material, such as salt or smoke, around which the tiny water droplets form |
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| What is the change from vapor to liquid called? |
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| True or False: Precipitation refers to all forms of water falling from the atmosphere |
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| When two air masses of different temperatures collide, the boundary between them is known as a ______. |
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| Small droplets of rain falling slowly |
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| What is the study of the atmosphere? |
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| What is the condition of the atmosphere at any given time? |
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| The gases in the atmosphere have weight which is known as the ___________ _________. |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air. |
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| What process causes a change from liquid to solid? |
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| What process causes a change from a gas to a solid? |
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| What name would you give to fluffy mid-level clouds? |
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