Unit 4 Water Cycle, Weather and Climate

The long term weather patterns of a place

• climate

• front

• weather

• water cycle

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The weight of the atmosphere on Earth’s surface

• air mass

• air pressure

• climate

• humidity

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air

• humidity

• air pressure

• climate

• front

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The boundary between two air masses

• humidity

• front

• climate

• air pressure

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What the atmosphere is at a certain place and time

• air mass

• front

• climate

• weather

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The change of water from a liquid to a gas

• groundwater

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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The change of water from a gas to a liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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Water that is stored underground

• condensation

• transpiration

• runoff

• groundwater

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Water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows across Earth’s surface

• condensation

• groundwater

• runoff

• evaporation

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