Weather Patterns Amplify Vocab

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What is energy?

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The ability to make things move or change.

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What is condensation?

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The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

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What is forensics?

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Scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery.

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What is meteorology?

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The scientific study of weather.

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What are clouds made of?

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Liquid water droplets suspended in the air.

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What is evaporation?

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The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

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What is humidity?

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A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.

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What is a weather front?

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A boundary separating two masses of air of different densities.

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What is a cyclone?

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A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure.