Weather Vocabulary

Precipitation is...

• Any form of water that falls from a cloud to the Earth.
• Drinkable water that collects underground
• Water that turns to a gas.
• None of the answers.

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Evaporation is...

• When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
• When water changes from a gas to a liquid.
• When water changes from a liquid to a gas.
• None of the answers.

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Condensation is when...

• A liquid turns to gas.
• A gas turns to liquid.
• A liquid turns to ice.
• All of the answers.

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What do we call it when water evaporates, condenses, then precipitates to the earth and then repeats?

• A Bicycle.
• The Life Cycle of a butterfly.
• The Water Cycle.
• All of the answers.

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The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land.

• weathering

• transpiration

• run-off

• precipitation

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________ covers large areas and long periods of time.

• Weather
• Climate

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4. An air mass is...

• A body of air with the same temperature and moisture throughout.
• a body of air that produces rain
• A body  of evaporated water
• the weight of air

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The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

• dew point

• humidty

• relative humidity

• rain

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___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure
• density
• volume
• none of the above

What happens when two air masses meet?

• a hurricane occurs

• a dog barks

• a front is created

• warm air enters

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