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What is the layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity
Atmosphere
What is the change from a gas state to a liquid state?
Condensation
What is change of a liquid to a vapor or gas?
Evaporation
What is transpiration?
The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves
What is precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky.
What is the constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things?
The Water Cycle
What is a runoff?
Rainfall and surface water that drain or flow from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean
What is gravity?
The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another.
What is crystallization?
The formation of highly ordered, solid structures from particles in a solution.
What is percolation?
When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks.
What is groundwater?
Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.
What is radiant energy?
Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation/
The measurement of air pressure in the atmosphere is called
Barometric Pressure
What associates with a low pressure system?
Cloudy skies, low temperatures.
What associates with a high pressure system?
Clear skies, high temperatures.
An observed weather phenomenon involving some tropical cyclones after landfall.
Brown Ocean Effect
