Water Cycle
Weather Vocabulary
Weather Tools
All about Clouds
Climate
100
water in the form of a gas
What is water vapor
100
any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface
What is precipitation?
100
this measures temperature
What is a thermometer.
100
small white and puffy clouds that usually mean fair weather
What are cumulus clouds?
100
the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is climate?
200
As the clouds get larger and heavier, this will fall to the ground
What is precipiation
200
The movement of water between the air and Earth as it changes state.
What is the water cycle?
200
measures amount of precipitation that falls from the sky
What is a rain gauge?
200
thin wispy clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
200
parallel lines that measure the distance north or south of the equator
What are latitude lines?
300
This happens when the precipitation falls to the ground.
What is water is stored in lakes, wells (aquifers), rivers, etc.
300
The layers of air that cover the earth's surface
What is the atmosphere?
300
a weather tool that tells air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
a type of cloud that forms flat layers, if they are high and thin, these clouds mean cloudy, dry weather
What are stratus clouds?
300
a climate with warm or hot summers and cool or cold winters
What is a temperate climate?
400
As the weather heats up, the water that is stored does this.
What is evaporation?
400
the measure of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
400
a weather too that tells the direction of the wind
What is a weather vane?
400
heavy and gray clouds that tell us storms are on the way
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
400
a climate with long, cold winters and short, cool summers
What is a polar climate?
500
Once the water evaporates, the water does this, causing water droplets to form into clouds once again.
What is condensation?
500
the change of state from gas to liquid
What is condensation?
500
a weather tool that tells how fast the wind is moving
What is an anemometer?
500
a type of cloud formed in layers; if low and heavy they can mean light rain
What are stratus clouds?
500
Daily Double How is weather different from climate
Climate tells average weather conditions, weather takes place at the current time
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