Vocabulary
Water that is in the form of a gas is called what?
Water Vapor
What is a rain gauge?
A device that catches the rain to measure how much had fallen.
True or false: The water cycle repeats itself.
True
What is a blizzard?
Very cold snowstorm with strong winds and heavy snow.
water in the form of a gas
water vapor
Evaporate means to change from a ______ to a gas.
A huge storm that forms over the warm ocean water, with strong winds and heavy rain is called?
A hurricane
How do snow and rain form?
Water evaporates then condenses into clouds. When the clouds get too heavy the rain/snow will fall. It also depends on the air.
A hurricane is a huge storm that forms over ______ ocean water. (hint what type of water)
warm
to change from a liquid to a gas
evaporation
When water vapor ________, it changes from a gas to a liquid.
condenses
What is a tornado?
A spinning funnel cloud that reached from the clouds toward the Earth. It has strong winds and moves along a narrow path.
What are the three stages of the water cylce?
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
These storms happen when cold air pushed into warm air. Then the warm air quickly rises up and then rapidly cools.
Thunderstorm
A mass of may water droplets or bits of ice.
Cloud
A form of water that falls to the ground from clouds is called what?
Precipitation
A blizzard is what?
A snowstorm with strong, cold winds and very low temperatures.
Where are four places on earth that water can be found?
Lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, oceans and groundwater.
What is a tornado
A spinning funnel cloud that reaches from the clouds towards the earth.
Changes from a gas to a liquid.
condensation
The water cycle is movement of water from the Earth to the air and back to Earth. Tell me the order of the water cycle.
Evaporation---->condensation----->precipitation
True or False
What from the sun evaporates the water?
energy
many ____ never touch the ground. If this type of storm does, it will cause a lot of damage.
Tornadoes
What is a rain guage?
Tool that measures rainfall.