Water cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
The names of the 3 water molecules
Gigi, Dave, and Tubby Wubby?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
What species swallowed the water molecules
What is a Whale?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
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?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Who was the first water molecule to fall through the cloud
Who is Tubby Wubby?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
What kind of boat chipped off the water molecules
What is a research boat?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
What did the water molecules do once they got back to the glacier
What is create a jeopardy board
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?