Water Cycle
Clouds
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100

What is, the never ending process that recycles the earths 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

The weight of air of any one spot.

What is air pressure?

200

What is, the part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas called 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

High pressure air rushing toward low pressure air.

What is wind?

300

What is, 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 a anemometer? 

300

Cold heavy air.

What is high pressure air? 

400

What is, 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

Rain clouds 

What are nimbus 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

What is, water that is found underground?

What is groundwater?

500

Cumulonimbus clouds.

What are thunderstorm clouds? 

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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