Water Cycle
Natures way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
Clouds that look like feathers
What is cirrus?
A person who studies the earths atmosphere
What is a meteorologist?
Wind vane
What is measures which way the way the wind is blowing?
The process of water changing into a gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Cotton Candy,fair weather,1000 meters up vertical
What is cumulus?
Air mass
What is a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
Barometer
What is measures the atmospheric pressure?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
Clouds that form on earths surface
What is fog?
Indicate atmosphere conditions above a large portion of earths surface
Weather Maps
Thermometer
What is measures the temperature?
The process of water vapor turning into water
What is condensation?
Bad storms,tornadoes,anvil shaped
What is Cumlo-nimbus?
Climate
What is the general weather of an area over a long period of time?
Rain Gauge
What is measures how much rain has fallen in a period of time?
Sun heats the plant and water vapor forms
What is transpiration?
Low lying,mist,drizzle,snow,gray to white
What is stratus?
Jet Stream
What is winds that form polar and in the subtropic?
Anemometer
What is measures wind speed?