The Water Cycle
Measuring Weather
Extreme Weather
Weather
Year in review
100
Any body of water on Earth's surface
What is a collection?
100
A measurement of how hot or cold the air is
What is temperature?
100
Caused by the movement of plates against each other
What is an earthquake?
100
A large area of the atmosphere with the same weather
What is an air mass?
100
Molecules are close together but move around freely. Takes the shape of its container
What is a liquid?
200
When a liquid changes to a gas because it is heated
What is evaporation?
200
A measurement of how much water vapor is in the atmosphere
What is humidity?
200
The fastest storm on earth
What is a tornado?
200
The boundary where two air masses meet. Brings a change in weather.
What is a front?
200
Spreads out to fill its container. Molecules are far apart and move quickly.
What is a gas?
300
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation?
300
A tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
The largest storm on Earth
What is a hurricane?
300
A system that causes stormy weather
What is a low pressure system?
300
How much space an object takes up
What is volume?
400
When a gas changes to a liquid because heat is removed
What is condensation?
400
The force of air pushing down on an area
What is air pressure?
400
Forms over warm ocean water
What is a hurricane?
400
A system that causes calm, sunny weather
What is a high pressure system?
400
An educated guess or prediction
What is a hypothesis?
500
A cloud that is very low to the ground
What is fog?
500
A tool that measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
500
The sound that lightning makes
What is thunder?
500
Air in motion
What is wind?
500
A question that scientists want to answer
What is a problem?
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