Weather and Climate Unit Vocabulary

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

• convection

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

• currents

• weather

• water cycle

• coriolis effect

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The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• air mass

• air pressure

Mass movements of surface water produced by winds over the oceans.

• currents

• weather

• water cycle

• coriolis effect

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When a fluid is heated the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink

• Convection

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• air mass

• air pressure

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A boundary between two air masses of different temperatures

• weather front

• warm front

• cold front

• severe weather

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The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• currents

• weather

• water cycle

• coriolis effect

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The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• weather

• water cycle

• currents

• coriolis effect

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A measure of how hot or cold something is.

• precipitation

• climate

• altitude

• temperature

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