Unit D Chapters 1 and 2

a form of fresh water that is found under the earth's surface

• groundwater

• water cycle

• wind

• temperature

a place where fresh water from a river mix with salt water from the oceans

• estuary

• water cycle

• wind

• weather map

the air that surrounds Earth

• atmosphere

• water cycle

• ground water

• condensation

the movement of water from the earth's surface into the air and back to the surface again

• water cycle

• groundwater

• weather map

• front

the water that falls to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• precipitation

• temperature

• wind

• atmosphere

the changing of a gas into a liquid

• condensation

• temperature

• atmosphere

• water cycle

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• evaporation

• water cycle

• anemometer

• atmosphere

what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place

• weather

• estuary

• groundwater

• anemometer

a measure of how hot or cold something is

• temperature

• wind

• evaportation

• groundwater

a place where two air masses of different temperatures meet

• front

• precipitation

• water cycle

• atmosphere