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Topic: Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements

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Processes that take place on the surface of the earth influence the composition and the temperature of the atmosphere.

The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface of the earth is mainly due to variations in the amount of sunlight that reaches that place.

The amount of water vapor in the air at any place depends on the amount of liquid water available on the surface of the earth at that place, the temperature of the air, and where the air moved from.

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Topic: Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements

Processes that take place on the surface of the earth influence the composition and the temperature of the atmosphere.

The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface of the earth is mainly due to variations in the amount of sunlight that reaches that place.

The amount of water vapor in the air at any place depends on the amount of liquid water available on the surface of the earth at that place, the temperature of the air, and where the air moved from.

Clouds and rain form as air cools and water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets.