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| water moves from the surface of Earth to the air and then back again. |
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| water that falls back to Earth(rain,snow,sleet,hail) |
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| process by which a liquid changes to a gas(gets hot). |
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| gas changes into a liquid(cools). |
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| most common type of precipitation and is liquid. Falls at temperatures higher than 0 degree Celsius(32 degree Fahrenheit). |
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| frozen rain,caused when rain falls through a layer of freezing cold air. |
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| made of ice crystals. Snow is caused whenthe air temperature is so cold that water vapor turns directly into ice. |
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| round pieces of ice. Caused when the rain freezes and then falls to a warmer part of the air. |
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| fast spinning spiral of wind that stretches from the clouds of a thunderstorm to the ground. |
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| large tropical storms that form over warm tropical oceans. |
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| breeze moving from the water to land.(During the day,air over the water is cooler than air over the land. During the night,the land becomes cooler than the water.) |
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| breeze moving from the land to the to the water. |
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| area on the far side of a mountian range that gets little or no rain or cloud cover. |
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| large body ofair with a similar temperature and moisture level. |
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| forms where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass. |
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| forms where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass. |
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