Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
Look like grey sheets across the sky. Brings heavy mist, snow or drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
A front that moves in where colder air replaces warmer air.
What is a cold front?
Measure air temperature or how hot or cold the air is
What is a thermometer?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Highest clouds looks like feather of ice. Fair weather
What are cirrus clouds?
A combination of two fronts as a cold front overtakes a warm front or a stationary front
What is an occluded front?
Measure the amount of precipitation collected in a specific area
What is a rain gauge?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Bright white and look like wads of cotton. Fair weather
What are cumulus clouds?
This type of front is stalled and rain may linger for days
What is a stationary front?
measures wind direction
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of warm water
What is a hurricane?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
Large dark grey clouds. Bring heavy rain, high wind, hail, and tornadoes.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
this pressure system brings cloudy and stormy weather
What is a low pressure system?
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
long period without precipitation
What is a drought?
Water evaporated from leaves
What is transpiration?
Cloud that forms at Earth's surface
What is fog?
this pressure system brings dry, clear skies
What is a high pressure system?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?