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Freezing rain

Geography; Physical geography

A type of precipitation. Occurs when liquid rain hits a cold surface and then immediately freezes into ice. For this to occur, a surface temperature inversion is usually required. In such an ...

Freezing

Geography; Physical geography

The change in state of matter from liquid to solid that occurs with cooling. Usually used in meteorology when discussing the formation of ice from liquid water.

Freeze-thaw action

Geography; Physical geography

Processes associated with daily and seasonal cycles of freezing and melting.

Fossil

Geography; Physical geography

Geologically preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past.

Force of acceleration

Geography; Physical geography

Force resulting in the speed of a moving body to increase.

Force

Geography; Physical geography

Process that changes the state of rest or motion of a body.

Food web

Geography; Physical geography

A model describing the organisms found in a food chain. Food webs describe the complex patterns of energy flow in an ecosystem by modelling who consumes who.