Water Cycle
Stormy Weather
Measuring the Weather
Clouds
Weather Vocabulary
100

The process of water turning from a liquid to a gas

What is evaporation?
100

Most common type of storm.

What is a thunderstorm?

100

Measure the temperature of air.

What is a thermometer?

100

Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.

What are stratus clouds?

100

The state of the air at a certain time and place.

What is weather?

200

The process of water returning to earth as a liquid or solid?

What is precipitation.

200

Spinning cloud with a funnel shape.

What is a tornado?

200

Measures the speed of the wind.

What is an anemometer?

200

White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds.

What are cumulus clouds?

200

Scientists who study weather.

Who are meteorologists?

300

The process of water turning from a gas to a liquid.

What is condensation?

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

What is a hurricane?

300

Measures air pressure.

What is barometer?

300

Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way.

What are cirrus clouds?

300

The weather of a place over a long time.

What is climate?

400

When water collects in lakes, rivers and oceans?

What is accumulation?

400

Indicates that a storm is coming.

What is a sudden drop in air pressure?

400

Unit of measurement for temperature.

What is degrees Celsius?

400

Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface.

What is fog?

400

Created when hot fluids rise and cold fluids fall.

What is a convection current?

500

The driving force behind the water cycle.

What is the sun?

500

The cause of wind.

What is air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

500

Unit of measurement for air pressure.

What is kPa (kiloPascals)?

500

Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500

The result of Earth's axis being tilted at 23.5 degrees.

What is seasons.

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