Unit 5- Weather Patterns (Vocabulary Cards)

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Air Parcel

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an amount of air that moves as a unit within the atmosphere

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Air Pressure

Back

the force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth

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Atmosphere

Back

the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

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Change

Back

when something becomes different over time

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Cloud

Back

very tiny liquid water droplets suspended in the air

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Condensation

Back

the process by which a gas changes into a liquid to form a cloud

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Energy

Back

the ability to make things move or change

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Evaporation

Back

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas, especially from oceans and lakes

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Factor

Back

one thing that contributes to causing an event

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Forensics

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scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery