Weather Part 1: Vocabulary

tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses

• Dew 
• Evaporation
• Frost 
• Precipitation 

process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through their leaves

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Frost
• Transpiration

water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail 

• Dew
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Transpiration 

a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing 

• Dew
• Frost 
• Evaporation
• Transpiration 

process by which liquid water heats up and turns into water vapor 

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Precipitation 

Atmospheric gases that make up 1% of Earth's atmospheric composition

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Trace Gases
• Carbon Dioxide

Atmospheric gas that makes up 78% of the Earth's atmospheric composition

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Trace Gases 
• Carbon Dioxide

Atmospheric gas that makes up 21% of the Earth's atmospheric composition 

• Nitrogen 
• Oxygen
• Trace Gases 
• Carbon Dioxide 

Thin layer of gases that surrounds the planet and makes conditions on Earth suitable for living

• Air Pressure
• Trace Gases
• Atmosphere
• Oxygen

Force exerted by gases pushing on an object

• Air pressure
• Altitude 
• Nitrogen 
• Trace Gases