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- 1. The Sun provides energy that drives which Earth system process most directly?
- 6. forms when water vapor near the ground cools and changes into tiny liquid water droplets
- 7. Hurricanes usually form over ____________________ ocean water.
- 10. Which statement best explains why clouds form
- 11. A large body of air with similar temperature and humidity
- 13. This means a clear skies and sinking air
- 16. This type of front usually brings sudden storms and cooler weather after it passes
- 18. The movement of water through Earth’s atmosphere, surface, and underground
- 21. Water in its gas form found in the atmosphere
- 22. The amount of water vapor in the air
- 23. This type of front can cause the same weather conditions to stay in one area for several days
- 25. Falling air pressure often means a ________ is approaching
- 27. The release of water vapor from plant leaves into the atmosphere
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- 2. Warm moist air meeting cold dry air
- 3. The process in which water vapor changes directly into ice without becoming liquid first
- 4. The process in which ice changes directly into water vapor without becoming liquid first
- 5. An area of rising air that often brings clouds and stormy weather
- 8. Air moving from an area of high pressure to low pressure creates
- 9. This type of front often causes long periods of cloudy skies and steady rain
- 12. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
- 14. above cooler air Warm air usually
- 15. Water found beneath Earth’s surface in soil and cracks within rocks
- 17. This type of front forms when one weather boundary catches up to another and pushes warm air upward.
- 19. Water vapor cooling and changing into liquid water.
- 20. A boundary between two different air masses
- 24. A long period with little or no rainfall
- 26. A meteorologist uses lines on a map to separate air masses with different temperatures. These boundaries are called