Evaporation, condensation, clouds, and weather tools.
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- What is evaporation?
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The process where water turns into water vapor and rises into the air.- What causes evaporation?
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Heat from the sun.- Where does most evaporation happen?
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From oceans and other large bodies of water.- What is condensation?
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The process where water vapor cools down and turns back into liquid water.- What happens to water vapor when it rises high in the atmosphere?
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It cools down and condenses into water droplets.- What is precipitation?
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Water falling from clouds to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.- What causes precipitation?
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Water droplets in clouds become too heavy and fall to Earth.- What is the water cycle?
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The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere.- What are cumulus clouds?
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Puffy white clouds that look like cotton and usually bring fair weather.- What are stratus clouds?
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Flat, gray layers of clouds that often block the sun and bring rain.- What are cirrus clouds?
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Thin, wispy clouds made of ice crystals high in the sky.- How are clouds formed?
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Water vapor rises, cools, and condenses around tiny particles of dust.- What is snow?
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Frozen water crystals falling from clouds when the air is very cold.- What is sleet?
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Rain that freezes as it falls through cold air.- What is hail?
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Balls of ice that fall from thunderstorm clouds.
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