Water Cycle
Tools
Clouds
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The process of liquid changing to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
100
Instrument for measuring temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Low clouds that stretch over large portions of sky, they are gray and resemble fog that doesn't touch the ground.
What is a stratus cloud?
100
Warm air moves over cold air, like a blanket in this type of front.
What is a warm front?
100
Weather in the US mainly moves from ________ to _________.
What is west to east?
200
During the water cycle, the change from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
200
This weather instrument measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
200
Dark, stormy clouds that are tall and associated with thunderstorms.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
200
In this type of front, cold air moves toward warm air, like a "bulldozer."
What is a cold front?
200
Scientists who study the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
300
Any liquid that falls from the sky: rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
This weather instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Large, white puffy clouds that resemble cotton balls; generally appear during fair weather.
What is a cumulus cloud?
300
In this type of front, cold, warm, and cool air all meet creating short and steady rain.
What is an occluded front?
300
Low pressure areas bring this kind of weather: _________
What is rain or storms?
400
Clouds form when __________ __________ meets with the cold air in the atmosphere.
What is water vapor?
400
Weather instruement that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
Lacy, wispy clouds that form at high altitudes.
What is a cirrus cloud?
400
In this front, neither cold nor warm air moves.
What is a stationary front?
400
Clear skies and fair weather with no clouds occur in areas of ___________ pressure.
What is high pressure?
500
When clouds fill up with water vapor, it will fall from the clouds because of _____________.
What is gravity?
500
Instrument for measuring the humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
500
Low visibility makes this cloud hard to see especially while driving.
What is fog?
500
The kind of weather that a cold front brings.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
This type of current causes wind: ____________
What is a convection current?
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