science quiz #14
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- frost
- tiny crystals of ice formed by frozen water vapor
- condensation
- the forming of tiny droplets of water as water vapor cools
- rain
- water vapor that condenses in a cloud and falls
- dew
- droplets of water that form on cool surfaces when water vapor from the air condenses; not a form of precipitation
- evaporation
- the processs by which liquid becoms gas
- water cycle
- the movement of water from the earth to the air and back again
- humidity
- the amount of water in the air
- precipitation
- any form of water that falls from the clouds to the earth
- sleet
- little balls of frozen rain or snow which fall from the sky during the winter
- dew point
- the tmpurature at which water vapor condenses
- snow
- ice crystals of frozen water vapor