Water Cycle
Clouds
Vocabulary
Tools
True or False
100
The never ending process that recycles the Earth's 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 at a specific time.

What is weather?

100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100

True or False: If the temperature before a cold front comes through is 75 degrees, it may drop to 70 degrees after the cold front moves through.

What is true?

200
The part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas call 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 over time.

What is climate?

200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200

True or False: weather describes the CURRENT conditions outside.

What is true?

300
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 that usually bring fair weather.

What are cirrus clouds?

300

When a warm air mass pushes out cold air usually causing steady rain showers and an increase in temperatures.

What is a warm front?

300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300

True or False: I should put a thermometer under a tree in the shade to get the best temperature for the day.

What is false?

400
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

Clouds that are low to the ground and make it hard to see sometimes.

What is fog?

400

When a cold air mass pushes out warm air usually bringing thunderstorms and a drop in temperatures.

What is a cold front?

400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400

True or False: dew is a form of precipitation.

What is false?

500

Water that evaporates from plants.

What is transpiration?

500

Tall, dark, and puffy clouds that bring thunderstorms.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500

The type of pressure system that brings fair (good) weather.

What is a high pressure system?

500

A tool that measures wind direction.

What is a wind vane?

500

True or False: a low pressure system usually will bring rain or storms.

What is a true?

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