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| condition of the air around us |
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| mass of air that surrounds the earth |
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| The downward push of the air in the atmosphere |
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| instrument used to measure changes in the atmospheric pressure |
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| Instrument used to measure wind speed |
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| A change from liquid to gas |
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| water falls to the ground in liquid or solid form |
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| the change from liquid to gas |
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| instrument that shows wind direction |
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| instrument that shows the temperature |
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| The lowest layer of the atmosphere where most weather happens |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air |
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| Prediction of weather for a given area and time |
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| Scientific study of the weather and the atmosphere |
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| puffy, fair-weather clouds |
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| high, thin, wispy clouds made of ice crystals |
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| Does weather occur in the layers of atmosphere above the troposphere |
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| No. Weather only occurs in the troposphere. |
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| Does humidity measure the amount of rain falling to earth? |
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| No. Humidity measures the amount of water vapor in the air. |
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| What does air do when it is heated? |
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| Air rises when it is heated. |
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| What do differences in the way the earth's surface is heated cause? |
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| Changes in the air temperature and weather. |
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| What happens to the air as you go higher into the atmosphere. |
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| The air gets thinner and cooler |
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| differences between temperature and air pressure |
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| What does air in the atmosphere do to the earth? |
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| Presses down on everything on earth. |
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| Energy from the sun does what to the earth? |
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| Warms the surface of the earth, which warms the air above it. |
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| Name three terms involved in the water cycle. |
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| Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation |
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