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water moves from the interior of plants to the air by this process
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transpiration
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high, thin sheets of clouds composed of ice crystals
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cirrostratus clouds
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a mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air
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cloud
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the temperature at which the relative humidity is 100 percent
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dew point
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small droplets of slowly-falling rain
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drizzle
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these clouds appear as patches or layers of puffy, mid-level clouds
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altocumulus clouds
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flat, layered clouds between 2,000 m to 6,500 m
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altostratus clouds
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small particles of material, such as salt or smoke, around which tiny water droplets form
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condensation nuclei
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low layers of gray, sheetlike clouds
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stratus clouds
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vertical development clouds consist of these two types
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cumulus
cumulonimbus |
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these clouds are white and puffy
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cumulus clouds
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three types of high clouds
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cirrus
cirrocumulus cirrostratus |
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flat layers or sheets of clouds
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stratus
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freezing of supercooled water on airplane wings
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icing
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these large ice pellets begin as large raindrops in thunderstorms
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hailstones
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change from the solid state directly to the gaseous state
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sublimation
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small, rounded ice pellets formed when rain falls through a layer of cold air
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sleet
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to change from the solid to the liquid state
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melt
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any form of moisture falling from the atmosphere
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precipitation
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these clouds appear as small white flakes, and sometimes form a regular pattern called a mackerel sky
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cirrocumulus clouds
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the change from liquid to vapor
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vaporization
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these clouds are dark and flattened on the bottom but billowy on the top
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stratocumulus clouds
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process of changing a liquid to a vapor without boiling
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evaporation
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the change from vapor to liquid
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condensation
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high, thin, wispy clouds composed of ice crystals
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cirrus (mares' tails)
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