Water Cycle
Climate/Regions
Air Pressure
Weather Tools
Vocabulary
100
What is the source of energy that powers the water cycle?
What is the sun?
100
What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere?
What is the equator?
100
What kind of pressure signals fair weather?
What is high pressure?
100
What is the tool used to measure the direction of the wind?
What is a wind vane?
100
What is the process by which water moves between Earth's surface and the atmosphere?
What is the water cycle?
200
What is the supply of water that doesn't seep into the ground?
What is runoff?
200
What are the 3 major climate zones?
What are tropical, temperate, and polar?
200
What kind of pressure signals stormy weather?
What is low pressure?
200
What is the tool that uses cup like arms to spin and measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
200
What is water that can be found near the surface or deep underground?
What is groundwater?
300
What is the process that occurs when water changes from liquid to gas?
What is evaporation?
300
What is the region where few plants and animals live?
What is the polar region?
300
What direction does air pressure always flow?
What is high to low?
300
What weather factor can me measured with a hygrometer?
What is humidity?
300
What measures the atmospheric conditions at a certain place or time, can change day to day?
What is weather?
400
What is the cooling of water vapor, change from gas to liquid?
What is condensation?
400
What factor can create cool climates even if near the equator? (mountain tops...)
What is elevation?
400
What is the weight of the atmosphere on Earth's surface?
What is air pressure?
400
What weather related factor can be measured using a barometer?
What is air pressure?
400
What is the measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator?
What is latitude?
500
What are the 4 forms of precipitation?
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
500
What is the zone with varying amounts of precipitation and hot year round?
What is the tropical zone?
500
What uses symbols to show weather data?
What is a weather map?
500
Which cloud type is high in the sky?
Which are cirrus cloud?
500
What is the mixture of gases that surround Earth?
What is the atmosphere?
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