Water Cycle
Clouds
Vocabulary
Tools
Weather Fronts
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
A weather front.
What is a line between to different air masses where weather occurs?
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
Cold air pushes warm air up causing thunderstorms.
What is a 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 mixture of gases. 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen
What is air?
300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Warm air slowly climbs on top of cold air causing wet, drizzly weather.
What is a warm front?
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 nimbus clouds?
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
The type of weather front with the most severe storms that can last several days.
What is a stationary front?
500
Water that is found underground.
What is groundwater?
500
Cumulonimbus clouds.
What are thunderstorm clouds?
500
The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
500
A tool used to measure the humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
500
The direction the air is moving.
What is the direction the symbol for a weather front points?
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