Weather Pattern Vocab 1-2

conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place

weather

the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

condensation

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

evaporation

an amount of air that moves as a unit

air parcel

the ability to make things move or change

energy

a measure of how hot or cold something is

temperature

water as a gas

Water vapor

to move from one object to another or one place to another

transfer

liquid water droplets suspended in the air

cloud

when something stays mostly the same over time

stability

when something becomes different over time

change

the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens

troposphere

something we observe to be similar over and over again

pattern

the movement of air in a particular direction

wind

where something comes from

source

continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it

pressure

Boundary between two air masses

fronts

Large bodies of air with distinct temperature and moisture characteristics after sitting over the earth’s surface for some tim

Air mass