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Water Cycle | he cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. |
Evaporate | Evaporation is the process by which a liquid turns into a gas |
Condensation | Condensation is the process where water vapor becomes liquid. |
runoff | runoff is precipitation that does not soak into the soil but instead moves on the Earth's surface toward streams. |
Meteorologist | specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions. |
Cirrus | a thin white cloud usually of tiny ice crystals formed at altitudes about 20,000 to 40,000 feet (6,000 to 12,000 meters) |
Stratus | a low cloud form extending over a large area at altitudes of usually 2000 to 7000 feet (600 to 2100 meters) |
Nimbus | a cloud or atmosphere (as of romance) about a person or thing. |
Cumulus | : heap, accumulation. 2. [New Latin, from Latin] : a dense puffy cloud form having a flat base and rounded outlines often piled up like a mountain see cloud illustration. |
Air Mass | An air mass is a large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity. |
Weather | the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place : the temperature and other outside conditions |