Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.
What is precipitation?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
Measures the air temperature. It have alcohol or mercury inside it. The liquid in it rises when the tube heats.
What is thermometer?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
Water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere
What is rain?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
It measures wind speed. The cups on it catch the wind, turning a dial attached to it.
What is anemometer?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Indicate atmospheric conditions above a large portion of the earths surface.
What are weather maps?
Precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air at a temperature of less than 32°F (0°C)
What is snow?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
It measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a specific time period.
What is rain gauge?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
The process of making predictions of the future based on past and present data and most commonly by analysis of trends.
What is forecast?
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
What is hail?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
It measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
Change from a liquid to a vapor
What is evaporation
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
It tells the direction from which the wind is blowing. (North, South, East, West)
What is wind vain?