Weather Vocabulary

a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout

• air mass

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• condensation

the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth's surface

• air mass

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• condensation

the mixture of gases that surround Earth

• air mass

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• condensation

the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• air mass

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• condensation

the amount of water vapor in the air

• condensation

• humidity

• precipitation

• runoff

water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface

• condensation

• humidity

• precipitation

• runoff

water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows across Earth's surface

• humidity

• precipitation

• runoff

• weather

the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place or time

• weather

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

the change from a liquid to a gas

• water cycle

• precipitation

• weather

• evaporation

water moves between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere

• water cycle

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation