Wind & Water Cycle

Any form of water that falls from the clouds and reaches Earth's surface like rain, sleet, snow or hail:

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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The process by which molecules of water vapor in the air cool down become liquid water to form a cloud:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Accumulation

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The process by which water molecules in liquid water heat up and escape into the air as water vapor:

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

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Long periods of low precipitation is:

• Runoff

• Drought

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air:

• Dew point

• Humidity

• Condensation Point

• Wind-Chill Factor

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Increased cooling caused by the wind when it blows:

• Drought

• Wind-Chill Factor

• Dew Point

• Transpiration

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The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back:

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

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Bands of high speed winds that blow from west to east and affect the weather in the United States:

• Local Winds

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Jet Streams

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7. Winds that blow over SHORT distances are called:

• Local Winds

• Global Winds

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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Flow of cooler air over a body of water toward land:

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Global Winds

• Jet Stream

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