Water Cycle
Clouds
Vocabulary
Tools
Other
100
The never ending process that recycles the Earth's water supply.
What is the Water Cycle?
100
Piled up puffy clouds, that usually bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
The condition of the air around us.
What is weather?
100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100

One cool morning on her way to school, Emma noticed as she stepped across the grass that she could see her footsteps in the dew. This was MOST LIKELY caused by?

Condensation

200
The part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas call water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky. They usually bring rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
200
The average or typical weather in a particular area.
What is climate?
200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200

Hurricane season is from June 1st to November 30th, this is MOST LIKELY because (think about the temperature) 

The ocean temperature is warmer

300
The part of the water cycle that changes water vapor into liquid droplets forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
300
High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A mixture of gases. 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen
What is air?
300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300

What does a barometer measure?

Air Pressure

400
The part of the water cycle where tiny drops of water collect into large enough droplets to fall to the ground as; rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
400

The highest clouds.

Cirrus Clouds

400
The layer of air around the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400

The study of weather.

What is meteorology?

500
Water that is found underground/
What is groundwater?
500

Describe a Cumulus Cloud.

Large and fluffy with a flat bottom.

500
The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500

A funnel shaped windstrom that emerges from a thunderstorm.

What is a tornado?

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