Water Cycle
The never ending process that recycles the Earth's water supply.
What is the Water Cycle?
Piled up puffy (popcorn) clouds, that usually bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
The condition of the air around us.
What is weather?
The weight of the air pushing down at any one spot.
What is air pressure?
The part of the water cycle that where the sun changes liquid water into a gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky because of it's layers. They usually bring fog, or light rain/snow
What are stratus clouds?
The average or typical weather in a particular region of the world (Temperate, Tropical, etc)
What is climate?
A tool used to show weather patterns and fronts across the country.
What is a weather map?
The part of the water cycle that changes water vapor into liquid droplets forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles, named after the Latin word for hair.
What are cirrus clouds?
A mixture of gases: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen
What is the air we breathe?
A tool used to measure weather from inside the clouds.
What is a weather balloon?
The reason why we have seasons on Earth
Because the earth is tilted 26 degrees on it's axis, creating the different regions
Rain clouds are generally what type of cloud?
Nimbus clouds?
The layer of air around the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The name of the category 4 hurricane in Louisiana.
What is Ida?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
What type of cloud usually brings extreme weather like thunderstorms and tornadoes?
Cumulonimbus
He invented the thermometer in 1600
Who is Galileo?
A funnel shaped windstorm that emerges from a thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?