Unit 4: Atmosphere Vocabulary

When water evaporates from plants

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Condensation

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The amount of force on an area by the atmosphere

• Air pressure

• Atmosphere

• Weight

• Precipitation

Mixtures of gases surrounding a planet

• Ozone layer

• Atmosphere

• Weather front

• Climate

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A mass of air with the same temperature, humidity, and pressure

• Air mass

• Weather front

• Cloud

• Air pressure

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When water turns from a liquid to a gas (vapor)

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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A scientist who studies the atmosphere to understand and predict weather

• Meteorologist

• Chem

• Botanist

• Weatherologist

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When water falls from the sky as rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

• Weather

• Climate

• Hurricane

• Transpiration

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The overall weather conditions for an area for a long period of time

• Weather

• Climate

• Hurricane

• Transpiration

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When water turns from a gas to a liquid; this occurs in clouds

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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