Vocabulary
What is the Water Cycle
How is the Water Cycle related to Weather?
How do Land Features affect the water cycle?
How can weather be predicted?
100
Instrument that measures air pressure
barometer
100
___________ is constantly moving through the environment.
water
100
storms with lighting, strong winds, and heavy rain
thunderstorms
100
long line of moving thunderstorms
squall line
100
air masses that form over water have a lot of ____________ in them
moisture/water
200
Process in which water moves from the surface of Earth to the air and then back again
Water Cycle
200
Energy from the __________ drives the water cycle
sun
200
large tropical storms
hurricane
200
breeze moving from the water to land
sea breeze
200
cold, wet air masses may bring?
snow
300
Gas changes to a liquid
condensation
300
When the sun's energy warms water on Earth's surface, the water changes from a __________ to a gas.
liquid
300
Fast spinning spiral of wind
tornado
300
breeze moving from land to water
land breeze
300
name two types of instruments to measure weather
barometer and anemometer
400
large body of air
air mass
400
gas form of water
vapor
400
most flooding happens during a hurricane before of?
rain and storm surge
400
area on the far side of a mountain range that gets litter or no rain or cloud cover
rain shadow
400
what happens with two air masses come together and form a warm front?
steady rain
500
Tropical storm with wind speeds of 74 mph or more
hurricane
500
water that falls back to earth
precipitation
500
Name one way to warn people about upcoming weather
weather sirens; radar; flags
500
_________ is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
peninsula
500
most stroms form at ___________?
fronts
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