The Water Cycle
Vocabulary
Clouds
Weather tools
little bit of everything
100
Water come in 3 forms. Solid, liquid, and this.
Gas
100
water turning into a gas
evaporation
100
White fluffy clouds. Mario likes to jump on these
Cumulus
100
this measures the temperature
Termometer
100
What would a rain gauge tell me?
How much it has rained
200
for evaporation to occur, you must apply this to it
Heat
200
Gas turning back into a liquid
condensation
200
Thick flat clouds. They can be low or high. They can also bring light rain.
Stratus
200
an anomometer measures this.
wind speed
200
Cirrus clouds usually bring this type of weather
Fair weather
300
Snow, rain, sleet, hail, or freezing rain is called this.
What is precipitation
300
any form of water that falls from the sky
precipitation
300
thin high clouds.These clouds are very whispy. They almost look like hair.
Cirrus
300
This thing tells me which direction the wind is blowing. Some even have a roster on top....why?...Im not sure.
A weather vain
300
Cumulonimbus clouds bring this kind of weather
Stormy weather
400
Condensation happens when this happens to water vapor
it cools
400
the layers of gas that covers our Earth
The Atmosphere
400
Big dark clouds. These usually bring lots of rain and strong storms.
Cumulonimbus
400
A barometer measures this.
Air pressure
400
If there is a lot of cold air in the clouds and sky, then when the water vapor condenses, it can turn into this.
SNOW!
500
When water evaporates it forms a gas called this
what is water vapor
500
The force of the air pressing down on the Earth is called this
Air Pressure
500
We got some light rain today. Thats because we had these types of clouds in the sky.
Low stratus
500
In Steve's tank there is a Hydrometer. The word "Hydro" means what?
Water
500
If I see a couple of small cumulus clouds in the sky, what kind of weather will I probably get?
Fair weather
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