Water Cycle
Water, Water
Weather Tools
Weather
Meteorology
100
The process by which particles leave a liquid and become a gas.
What is evaporation?
100
This covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is salt water?
100
This device records the amound of rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
100
A cloud that touches the surface of the Earth.
What is a fog?
100
This type of air is lighter and rises.
What is warm air?
200
The process by which gas, when cooled, becomes a liquid.
What is condensation?
200
Out of all the water on Earth, this is the percentage of fresh water.
What is 3%? (FYI: 2% frozen in glaciers.)
200
This device measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
A rotating column of air that extends from clouds in a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a tornado?
200
This tool has the location of weather fronts marked on it.
What is a weather map?
300
The energy source for the water cycle.
What is the Sun?
300
An artificial lake used to store water.
What is a reservoir?
300
Air pressure is measured by using this.
What is a barometer?
300
The weight of air pushing down on an area.
What is air pressure?
300
A large body of air with similar properties all through it.
What is an air mass?
400
The water that falls from clouds as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
What is precipitation?
400
A layer of rock and soile that groundwater flows through.
What is an aquifer?
400
These two devices can be used to measure wind direction.
What is a wind vane and a wind sock?
400
Caused by uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun, this is another name for wind.
What are convection currents.
400
The boundary between the air masses. Storms often occur when 2 of them collide.
What is a front?
500
The fancy name for the water cycle.
What is the hydrologic cycle?
500
A measure of the amount of salt in water.
What is salinity?
500
The two elements that make up most of the Sun.
What are hydrogen and helium?
500
This type of severe weather gets stronger over warm water.
What is a hurricane?
500
This type of severe weather gets stronger over warm water.
What is a hurricane?
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