Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Clouds
Weather
Phases of the Moon
100
The three states of water.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
100
This instrument measures the amount of rain that has fallen.
What is a rain guage?
100
Thick, white, billowy clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
A front where air masses of different temperatures meet and do not move
What is a stationary front?
100
The moon is completely lit up during this phase.
What is a full moon?
200
Water that falls to earth as rain, hail, sleet or snow.
What is precipitation?
200
This instrument tells the direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind/weather vane?
200
Flat, layered, gray clouds.
What are stratus clouds?
200
A front where warm air pushes into a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
200
The moon appears to be completely dark during this phase.
What is a new moon?
300
The sun’s energy heats up water to 212 °F or 100 °C, it speeds up the particles and makes it change from a liquid to a gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
300
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
High, wispy clouds composed of ice crystals (looks like a mare's tail).
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A front where cold air pushes into a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
300
The moon appears to get larger (the light is on the right).
What is waxing?
400
Water vapor particles lose heat energy, slow down and condense or change from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
400
This instrument measures humidity, or water vapor in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
400
Large, dark gray clouds.
What are nimbus clouds?
400
This is the "day to day" condition of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
400
The moon appears to get smaller (the light is on the left).
What is waning?
500
When water molecules collect on the side of a cold glass that has an iced drink in it.
What is condensation?
500
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is a anemometer?
500
When condensed water in the air mix with this, clouds are made.
What is dust?
500
This is the "average" weather in a certain place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
500
This is how the moon is lit up.
What is the Sun reflects its light off of the moon?
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