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weather part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | a thin layer of gasses surrounding earth |
| biosphere | part of earth in witch life exisits including land water and air or atmosphere |
| clouds | a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that floats in the air above earth |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| crystallization | when water freezes and collects in frozen form |
| density | the measurement of how tightly a material ia packed together |
| earth systems | the four main physical systems of the earth hydrosphere lithosphere atmosphere biosphere |
| fog | a cloud at ground level |
| geosphere | all of the rock at and below earths suface |
| glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
| groundwater | water thatfills the cracks and spaces underground soil and rock layers |
| hydrosphere | all the water at and near the surface of the earth 97% of witch is in oceans |
| landform | a naturally formed feature on the surface of earth such as a costline dune or mountain |
| pathway | how water moves on land due to gravity |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earths surface as rain snow sleet or hail |
| runoff | water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground |
| transpiration | evaporstion of water from the leaves of a plant |
| water cycle | the continual movement of water amoung earths atmosphere oceans and land surface through evaporation condensation and precipitation |