WATER CYCLE
CLOUDS
FRONTS
WEATHER
WEATHER TOOLS
100
How much of the Earth's surface is covered with water?
What is 3/4 or 75%
100
What are the five clouds mentioned in your book?
What is cumulus, cirrus, cumulo-nimbus, altostraus, stratus.
100
What is humidity?
What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
100
What does an anemometer measure?
What is wind speed?
200
What is condensation?
What is when water vapor rises and becomes liquid water?
200
What kind of weather do stratus clouds bring?
What is rain or snow?
200
What kind of weather do cold fronts usually bring?
What is brief, heavy precipitation followed by cooler temperatures?
200
What is an air mass?
What is a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity?
200
What does a wind vane do?
What is shows the direction the wind is coming from?
300
What are the four steps of the water cycle?
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation and storage?
300
What kind of weather do cumulus clouds bring?
What is fair weather?
300
What are three kinds of fronts?
What is cold, warm and stationary?
300
What direction does weather typically move?
What is west to east?
300
What does a barometer measure?
What is air pressure?
400
When water changes to water vapor it is called.
What is evaporation?
400
What kind of weather do nimbus clouds bring?
What is stormy?
400
What do warm fronts produce?
What is long, steady precipitation followed by warmer temperatures?
400
What are the three main factors that affect weather?
What are water, temperature and air presssure?
400
What does a hygrometer measure?
What is humidity?
500
Why is the ocean salty?
What is salt from rocks and soil is washed into the ocean?
500
Cirrus clouds can often be seen before this.
What is a warm front?
500
When can warm fronts occur?
What is at any time even winter?
500
What are the 2 greenhouse gases?
What is water vapor and carbon dioxide?
500
What are three ways scientists can learn about weather and climate in the past?
What is fossils, tree rings and ice cores?
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