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What is the definition of precipitation?

Something that falls to the ground.

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What is the definition of humidity?

The amount of water vapor in the air.

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What is the definition of weather front?

The boundaries were 2 different air masses meet.

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What is the definition of air masses?

A body of air together.

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What is the definition of continental polar?

A cold air mass. Land.

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What is the definition of maritime polar?

A cold air mass. Ocean. Moist.

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What is the definition of Continental tropical?

Warm air mass. Land.

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What is the definition of maritime tropical?

Warm air mass. Moist. Land.

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What is the definition of altitude?

The height of an object.

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What is the definition of transpiration?

When plants release water vapor in the atmosphere.

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What is the definition of condensation?

Water which collects as droplets when it is humid outside.

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What is the definition of runoff?

Water that flows over land.

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What is the definition of infiltration?

When water seeps into the ground.

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What is the definition of evaporation?

When a liquid turns into a vapor.

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What is the definition of vapor?

A liquid that goes into the air.

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What is the definition of vegetation?

Plants that are found in an area.

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What measures wind speed?

Anometer.

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What measures air pressure?

Barometer.

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What measures humidity?

Hydrometer.

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What measures wind direction?

Wind vane.

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What measures the amount of rain?

Rain gauge.

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What measures the dew point/relative humidity?

Sling pyschometeter.