The never ending process that recycles the Earth's water supply.
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
The property of air that says it is constantly pushing on objects
air exerts pressure
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.
What is climate?
200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200
The front where stationary warm air is pushed up by moving cold air
cold front
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.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A tool that tells the direction of the wind
wind vane
300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
A bubble of air that has the same temperature and pressure.
air mass
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
stratus clouds that form on the ground.
What is fog?
400
The layer of air around the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
A swirling funnel of wind that forms over warm water.
Hurrican
500
Match the precipitation to the description
a. ice crystals that form in a cloud then fall to earth
b. liquid water that falls to earth
c. liquid water that freezes on its way to earth
d. large chunks of ice that form in cumulonimbus clouds
a. snow
b. water
c. sleet
d. hail
500
Clouds that bring thunderstorms and hail
cumulonimbus
500
Name the order of the clouds from lowest to highest in the atmosphere.
stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus
500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500
A funnel shaped windstrom that emerges from a thunderstorm.