Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Clouds
Weather
Other
100
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are parts of what?
What is the WATER CYCLE
100
What does a barometer measure?
air pressure
100
Brings rain and lightning, storms are short
cumulonimbus clouds
100
Explain the difference between weather and climate
100
At what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees F or 0 degrees Celsius
200
Rain that returns to lakes or oceans is referred to as
What is RUN-OFF
200
instrument that measures precipitation
rain gauge
200
fluffy clouds, nice weather and no storm
cumulus clouds
200
a scientist that measures weather is called a...
Meteorologist
200
What is the most accurate way to predict weather? Looking outside or st weather data from a weather station? WHY?
Answers will vary.
300
What causes the precipitation part of the water cycle?
Water vapor is cooled forming larger, more visible droplets of water
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
wind vane
300
Brings rain and storms can last all day
stratonimbus clouds
300
What symbol is shown below
warm front
300
What makes the water cycle possible?
heat from the sun
400
Water vapor cools and forms visible droplets of water in which stage of the water cycle?
What is condensation?
400
instruments that measure air temperature
thermometer
400
gloomy skies but no storm , spread out
stratus clouds
400
What symbol is shown below?
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COLD FRONT
400
When precipitation occurs in below freezing temperatures, (32F or 0C), the result is
SNOW
500
Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is GONE! What do you think happened?
It turned into GAS and evaporated.
500
instruments that measure wind speed
anemometer
500
What does NIMBUS mean?
STORM, RAIN OR THUNDERCLOUD
500
Where might water be stored after rain?
puddles, lakes, or oceans
500
When liquid water evaporated into the air it becomes a gas known as...
water vapor