| The Water Cycle | Humidity | Clouds and Precipitation | Condensation | Fronts | 
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					  What is precipitation?					 
					 This is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds to earth's surface. | 
					  What is weather?					 
					 This is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. | 
					  What is a cloud?					 
					 Millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals. | 
					  What is condensation?					 
					 This is water droplets formed when the air around the glass cooled to below the dew point. | 
					  What is a front?					 
					 This is the boundaries between air masses of different densities and different temperatures. | 
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					  What is the movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and oceans?					 
					 This movement is called the water cycle. | 
					  What is the dew point?					 
					 This is when the temperature happens at which the balance happens. | 
					  What is the low, medium, and high clouds height					 
					 low ( 0 - 2000 mtrs. ) medium ( 2000 - 6000 mtrs.) high ( above 6000 mtrs. ) | 
					  Where does condensation come from?					 
					 This comes from the surrounding air. | 
					  What is air mass?					 
					 It is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture content. | 
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					  What is runoff?					 
					 This is water that flows over land and into rivers, streams, and eventually the ocean. | 
					  What happens when temperatures are below dew point?					 
					 Liquid water droplets on a surface or on tiny particles in     the air. | 
					  What is precipitation?					 
					 Water; in any form. The four major forms are rain, sleet, hail, and snow. | 
					  How do liquid water droplets form?					 
					 The air must be saturated or have a relative humidity of 100%. | 
					  What happens when different air masses meet?					 
					 The less dense air mass rises over the denser air mass. | 
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					  What may happen if the water vapor cools?					 
					 It may condense to form water droplets. | 
					  What does humidity depend on?					 
					 This depends on the rates of evaporation and condensation. | 
					  What is hail stone?					 
					 A lump of ice that falls from the sky. | 
					  When is air nearly saturated?					 
					 A small temperature drop is needed for air to reach its dew point. | 
					  How does a stationary front form?					 
					 This forms when a cold air mass and a warm air mass go toward each other. | 
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					  What causes water to change states?					 
					 This change occurs when the sun's energy heats earth's surface. | 
					  What is vapor pressure?					 
					 It is that total part of the atmosphere pressure that is caused by vapor pressure | 
					  What is the height of a Cirrocumulus cloud?					 
					 8000 mtrs | 
					  What is the temperature of the dew point?					 
					 The temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of condensation. | 
					  How does an occluded front form?					 
					 This forms when a warm air mass gets caught in  between two cold air masses. |