Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Weather instruments
Weather Map
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds cover like blanket the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is wind vane?
100
Which state has a cold front?
Where is Denver?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
200
What front is over Chicago and St. Louis?
What is Stationary Front?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Mass of air that has the same temperature, pressure, and humidity.
What is air mass?
300
It protects or houses weather instruments
What is Stevenson Screen?
300
Describe where the wind direction is from.
What is Southeast?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
When cold and warm air masses collide, neither is moving.
What is Stationary Air Mass?
400
Measures sunlight
What is a pyranometer?
400
Describe the cloud cover in two ways.
What is Partly cloudy or 5-6 oktas?
500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
Used to measure humidity just like a hygrometer
What is a sling psychrometer?
500
Temperature in Celsius
What is 26.6?