Weather and Climate

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What is weather?

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What is happening in the air around us at any one time

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What are meteorologists?

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Scientists who study the weather

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How do meteorologists predict the weather?

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By using computers, radar, and weather satellites

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What is the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth called?

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Troposphere

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What are the three things needed to make weather?

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Air, water, and heat

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What is the comparison of how heavy something is to the space that it occupies called?

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Density

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What instrument is used to measure air temperature?

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Thermometer

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What is the process of liquid water changing to a gas or water vapor called?

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Evaporation

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What are clouds made of?

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Water droplets

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What is another name for rain, snow, sleet, and hail?

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Precipitation