Clouds
The type of cloud that is flat on the bottom and puffy on top.
cumulus
When so much water has condensed that the air can't hold it anymore so it falls to the ground.
Precipitation
If the air water travels through on its way to Earth is below freezing, what type of precipitation is formed?
sleet
What type of weather forms from high pressure fronts moving into the low pressure forming a spinning storm?
hurricane
Hurricanes happen during hurricane season between which months?
June to November
The type of cloud that appears long and whispy and signals a warm front.
Cirrus
The usual weather in a place.
Climate
If the air inside the cloud and the air water travels through is below freezing point, what kind of precipitation is it?
snow
What type of weather forms from cold air mixing with moist air coming off the coast?
blizzards
Blizzards are most likely to affect places off of which coast?
The type of cloud that can form at different heights in the atmosphere.
cumulus
When water has been heated up and turned to vapor into the air.
Evaporation
If wind is catching the frozen falling droplets and pushing them back into the clouds forming ice pellets, what type of precipitation is it?
hail
What type of weather forms with moisture, unstable air, and rising air masses?
thunderstorms
water cycle
The type of cloud that signals moist, cold air.
stratus
When water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into water in clouds.
Condensation
What is the driving force of the water cycle?
the sun
Places closer to the equator have _____ climates.
The type of cloud that appears thick and gray and are low in the sky.
Stratus
When precipitation falls and is collected back into oceans, lakes, and rivers.
collection
What type of weather forms from a cool, dry air mass meeting a warm, moist air mass?
tornado
Tornadoes often happen in Tornado Alley, which state is not in tornado alley?
Texas, Illinois, Nebraska, or Kansas
Illinois