Clouds 1
The Water Cycle 1
Clouds 2
The Water Cycle 2
Clouds 3
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a cloud that looks like a heap of cotton balls or whipped cream
What is a cumulus cloud
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during this part of the water cycle, water vapor turns into tiny droplets in a cloud
What is condensation?
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A cloud that brings thunderstorms, intense rain and possible tornadoes
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
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when water vapor heats up and rises into the atmosphere
What is evaporation
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The only cloud type with vertical development that can form in all three levels of the atmosphere
What is cumulonimbus
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A long thin cloud that covers a large area like a blanket
What is a stratus cloud
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the term used for rain falling from the clouds
What is precipitation?
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a type of cloud found in the low part of the atmosphere
What is (stratus, cumulus, stratocumulus, or nimbostratus)
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when water on Earth is recycled over and over again
What is the water cycle
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These types of clouds are usually a sign of fair weather
What are cumulus clouds
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clouds are made up of this in three forms
What is water (liquid, solid, gas)
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"evaporation" involving plants
What is transpiration?
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A type of cloud that forms in the middle atmosphere
What is (altostratus or altocumulus)
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in the condensation stage, water vapor needs to do this in order to condense and form clouds
What is cool
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The type or weather thick stratus clouds bring
What is light rain and drizzle
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A thin wispy cloud high in the atmosphere
What are cirrus clouds
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the step in the water cycle where water returns back into lakes, streams, rivers and oceans to be recycled again
What is runoff?
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A type of cloud formed in the upper atmosphere
What is (cirrus, cirrostratus, or cirrocumulus)
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what happens to water droplets as more and more of them begin to condense together?
What is they become heavy and fall to the ground as rain or snow
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clouds that are formed from ice crystals in the air
What are cirrus clouds
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