Water Cycle
The water cycle
What shows weather conditions at a certain time and place and has different symbols and colors?
What is the word that describes what it is like outside at a particular time?
Weather
What type of common storm has dark clouds, heavy precipitation, and lightning?
A thunderstorm
What tool measures the temperature?
A thermometer
What is it called when clouds become heavy and water falls to Earth?
Precipitation
What weather word means how hot the air is?
Temperature
What are scientists who study weather called?
What forms over open land and has a funnel shape, strong winds, and destroys things in its path ?
A tornado
What tool shows the direction the wind is coming from?
A wind vane
Evaporation
What weather word means how much water vapor is in the air?
Humidity
What is the average weather conditions in a particular area over a period of time?
Climate
What is a large, powerful storm that occurs over warm ocean water, has lots of rain and strong winds, and causes destruction?
A hurricane
What tool measures precipitation?
A rain gauge
What is the process of water vapor turning back into tiny water droplets that form clouds?
Condensation
What weather word means the weight of the air?
Air Pressure
What is the boundary between air masses with different temperatures called?
A front
What do we call water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall?
A flood
What tool measures how fast the wind blows?
An anemometer
What are the 4 different types of precipiation called? Name all 4.
rain, snow , sleet, hail
Erosion
What is the layer of air around the Earth?
Atmosphere
What type of storm has high winds and a lot of heavy snow?
A blizzard
What tool measures the air pressure?
A barometer