Water Cycle
Nature's way of recycling water that has been occurring for millions of years.
What is the water cycle?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of fluffy cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds, and are often surrounded by blue sky
What are cumulus clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Most common type of storm where lightning can strike trees and surrounding buildings.
What is a thunderstorm?
A large body of water that can impact the weather and climate.
What is the ocean?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
A type of cloud that is long, flat and spread out, often whtie.
What are stratus clouds?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
The sun's rays hit this climate zone WITHOUT an angle, causing warm temperatures all year.
What is the tropical zone?
Snow, rain, sleet, and hail are forms of what?
What is precipitation?
A type of storm cloud that is long, flat, spread out and dark in color.
What are stratonimbus clouds?
Instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
Celsius and ___________ are two measurements for temperature?
What is Fahrenheit?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets.
What is condensation?
Clouds are made up of what?
What are water droplets.
A long, dry period of weather with little to no rain.
What is a drought?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
The climate zone that experiences seasonal changes and has cold winters and warm summers.
What is the Temperature climate zone?
Water droplets that form dew on the grass is an example of what?
What is condensation?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds are on their way. Storms are often short.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
A storm where violent winds lift large amounts of dirt and dust into the atmosphere.
What is a dust storm?
The name of the 5 main climate zones.
What is temperate, mild, tropical, desert and polar.