Ch. 5 Science Vocabulary

Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Sleet

• Humidity

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Process of laying down materials, such as rocks and soil

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Circulation

• Hail

The amount of water vapor in the air

• Humidity

• Hydrosphere

• Weather

• Evaporation

The average of weather conditions over a long time.

• Weather

• Water Cycle

• Climate

• Condensation

The movement of materials away from a place.

• Circulation

• Water Cycle

• Elevation

• Erosion

The solid, rocky layer of the Earth.

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Latitude

Frozen raindrops

• Hail

• Sleet

• Precipitation

• Weather

The state of the atmosphere at a given time

• Climate

• Weather

• Humidity

• Barometric Pressure

Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms.

• Circulation

• Condensation

• Atmosphere

• Water Cycle

All waters of the Earth

• Weather

• Water Cycle

• Humidity

• Hydrosphere