Water Cycle
Clouds
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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.

What is weather?

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

Study of weather

What is meteorology?

200
The part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas call water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200

Smooth, gray clouds that can block sunlight and cover the sky. They indicate light rain or drizzle

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

On a weather map, this is shown as a large capital blue H.

What is high pressure?

300
The part of the water cycle that changes water vapor into liquid droplets forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
300

High, wispy, feathery clouds indicating fair weather but often can mean rain or snow will fall within several hours.

What are cirrus clouds?

300

This describes the boundaries between different masses of air

What are fronts?

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

On a weather map, this is shown as a large, capital L

What is low pressure?

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

Rain clouds.

What are cumulo-nimbus clouds?

400

This is a force created by the weight of the air molecules.

What is the air pressure?

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

The name of a person who studies weather data to forecast weather.

What is a meteorologist?

500
Water that is found underground/
What is groundwater?
500

Cumulonimbus clouds indicate...

What are thunderstorm clouds?

500

Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail are all forms of...

What is precipitation?

500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500

A funnel shaped windstorm that emerges from a thunderstorm.

What is a tornado?

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