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What is a thermometer
This is used to measure the temperature
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What is the atmosphere
The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
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What is precipitation
Water falling from clouds to the Earth's surface
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What are stratus
Clouds that make a layer across the sky
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What is a cold front with rain or snow
When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, we get this kind of front with what?
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What is a barometer
This is used to measure the air pressure
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What is the water cycle
Water moves between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere through a process called
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What is groundwater
Water that is stored underground.
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What is cumulonimbus
Clouds that are likely to bring rain
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What are air molecules (the molecules of the different gasses that make up our atmosphere)
This makes up the mass of the atmosphere
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What is an anomometer
This is used to measure the wind speed
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What is evaporation
Going from a liquid to gas phase
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What is a glacier
A large slow moving mass of ice.
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What is the Troposphere
Where in our atmosphere does our weather occur.
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What is a cloud
These are made of tiny water droplets and ice crystals
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What is hygrometer
This is used to measure the air vapor
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What is condensation
Changing from a gas to liquid phase
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What is runoff
Water that can not soak into the ground and runs along Earth's surface.
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What is the Thermosphere
What part of the atmosphere is where we see the aurora borealis?
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What is wind
The result of a convection cell where hot air rises and is replaced with cool area that moves in.
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What is a weather vane or wind sock
This is used to determine what direction the wind is blowing.
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What is transpiration
Water evaporating from the leaves of plants.
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What is an aquifer
A body of rock that stores groundwater.
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What is a recharge zone
Areas where water returns to an aquifer.
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What are Tradewinds
Due to the Earth spinning and the Corriolis effect, there are three major classes of wind that blows across different latitudes. This group of winds affect Florida.
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