air parcel - The amount of air that moves as a unit, air pressure - the force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth, athmosphere - the mixture of gases surrounding a planet, change - when something becomes different over time, cloud - liquid water droplets suspended in the air, condensation - the process by which a gas changes into a liquid, energy - the ability to make things move or change, evaporation - the process by which a liquid changes into a gas, factor - one thing that contributes to causing an event, forensics - scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery, humidity - a measure of how much water vapor is in the air, meteorology - the scientific study of weather, pattern - something we observe to be similar over and over again, precipitation - rain, snow, sleet, or hair that falls from the clouds onto the ground, source - where something comes from, stability - when something stays mostly the same over time, temperature - a measure of how hot or cold something is, transfer - to move from one object to another or one place to another, troposhere - the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens, water vapor - water as a gas, weather - conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place, wind - the movement of air in a particular direction, key concept - energy will ALWAYS transfer from warmer objects to cooler objects,

Weather Patterns Glossary

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