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Weather and Water Cycle Notes
Weather: the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and
Place
Water Cycle: Continuous movement of water from water sources into
the atmosphere and back onto/into the ground and back
to water sources
3 Forms or States of Water:
1. Solid
2. Liquid
3. Gas
Humidity: Amount of water vapor or moisture in the air
Relative Humidity (%) the amount of moisture the air contains
compared to the amount it can hold
Evaporation: Liquid changing into water vapor (gas) rising into the
Atmosphere
Transpiration: the process where plants release water vapor into the
air through their leaves
Condensation: process of water vapor(gas) becoming a liquid,
happens during 100% relative humidity and the air
cools
Dew Point: temperature the air must cool to, to be saturated
Completely
Cloud: collection of million water droplets or ice crystals that forms as
warm air rises
Three types of clouds: Cummulus, Stratus, Cirrus
Precipitation: Water that falls from the atmosphere to the earth
Four types: rain, snow, sleet, hail