The Water Cycle
What drives the water cycle?
The Sun
Droplets that stick together in a cloud. The droplets become too heavy then fall as ___________
Rain
Where is a safe place to be when there is lightning?
Inside a house, building, or car
A person who studies weather is called a...
Meteorologist
Rocks that are formed by layers and pressure
Sedimentary Rocks
Water is heated by the sun and turns to vapor as it rises into the air. What is this process called?
Evaporation
Water vapor begins to crystallize and freeze on tiny bits of dust in the air, falling to the ground as ______
Snow
A Hurricane
The layer of air that surrounds the earth is called...
Atmosphere
Rocks formed by melting and cooling
Igneous Rocks
When a cloud cools and releases water that falls back to the surface of the earth.
Precipitation
Rain that has fallen from the cloud and freezes in the air before it reaches Earth’s surface.
Sleet
A storm that produces abnormally large amounts of snow
Blizzard
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
Rocks that undergo a big change when exposed to heat and pressure
Metamorphic Rocks
The stage of the water cycle where clouds are formed from the water in the air
Condensation
Frozen raindrops that bounce up and down in the air/clouds collecting water and freezing into layers. It becomes bigger & bigger then falls as balls of layered ice.
Hail
Which comes first: Lightning or Thunder?
Lightning
What is the definition of weather?
Weather is the condition of the air
The top zone of the ocean where sun rays provide light below the surface of the water
The Sunlit Zone
List the steps of the water cycle, in order
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation (then it repeats)
List all 4 types of precipitation
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
List the 3 most common types of storms in the United States
Thunderstorm, Hurricane, Tornado
What 3 things make up weather?
What are two weather tools that are used to measure wind?
Anemometer- How fast the wind blows
Wind Vane- Which direction the wind is blowing