- adiabatic cooling
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the process by which the temperature of an air mass decreases as the air mass rises and expands.
- air mass
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a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar.
- air pressure
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weight of the atmosphere
- atmosphere
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a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet.
- Cloud
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A collections of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air cools and condensation occurs.
- condensation nuclei
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A solid particle in the atmosphere that provides the surface on which condensation occurs.
- dew point temperature
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the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation
- evaporate
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a phase change from a liquid to a gas
- precipitation
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any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds
- prevailing wind.
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wind that moves in one dominate driection
- saturated
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unable to hold more water
- vast
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great in size or amount
- water vapor
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gaseous form of water