water cycle
What is the water cycle?
Nature’s way of recycling water
What are stratus
clouds?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What is weather?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
The weather of a place over a long time
Most common type of storm
What is the
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is evaporation?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What are cumulus clouds?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
Who are meteorologists?
Scientists who study weather
What is a tornado?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is the basement?
What is humidity?
Amount of water vapor in the
air
What are cirrus clouds?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What is a wind vane?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a hurricane?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is the lowest level of the building?
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is condensation?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is fog
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is an anemometer?
Measures wind speed
What is a hurricane?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of
What are the months that the most tornadoes
occur?
april through
What is groundwater?
Water that is found underground
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What is climate?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is a typhoon?
What is a typhoon?
What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?
Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes