The water cycle
The three forms of water are
What is Gas, liquid, and solid
Name the types of low level cloud
stratus and nimbostratus
What is made of water (liquid or solid) and falls from the sky to the Earth
Precipitation
Step 1 on a lab report
Scientific question
Continuous movement of water above or on Earth's surface
The water cycle
Fog is an example of
What is condensation
What type of clouds are called "fair weather clouds" and look like fluffy cotton
cumulus
A(n)__________ contains information about the current weather, cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed, and wind direction
Weather map
An educated science guess is called a
hypothesis
water is warmed by the Sun’s solar energy. As the water is warmed up, it will begin to change from a liquid to a gas. This is called...
evaporation
Most of the energy for the water cycle comes from...
What is the sun
The type of cloud that brings thunderstorms, rain, or tornados is called
Cumulonimbus
Scientist who study, predict, and measure weather
Meteorologist
A list of supplies you need to test your hypothesis
materials
As the water droplet cools, it turns back into a liquid. This is called...
condensation
When water that falls from the sky collects in one spot it is called...
accumulation
Why are cirrocumulus clouds sometimes called mackerel clouds?
They look like fish scales
The day to day condition of our atmosphere
weather
A step-by-step explanation for how to test your hypothesis
procedure
after precipitation hits the Earth’s surface, some of the water will run downhill. This downhill movement is caused by gravity. The water is called what
runoff
A _____ is a continuous chain of events that repeats with no beginning or end
What is a cycle
Low level clouds are made of ___ ___ and middle to high level clouds are made of ____ ______
water droplets, ice crystals
This tool studies wind speed
anemometer
Your conclusion should include
results, any problems you found, reflections about the experiement
Fog and other clouds are technically just...
condensation