The Water Cycle
Name 4
Measure it!
Vocab
Grab Bag
100
the three parts of the water cycle
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation? (any order)
100
Name 4 types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail? (any order)
100
the measure of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
100
someone who studies the weather
What is a meteorologist?
100

Water frozen into tiny crystals that stick together and fall from the sky

What is snow?

200
water that falls from the sky to the ground
What is precipitation?
200
Name 4 types of severe weather.
What is thunderstorm, blizzard, tornado, and hurricane? (any order)
200
how much rain has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200

severe weather categorized by strong winds and lots of snow

What is a blizzard?

200

the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

What is a weather?

300
water heats up and turns from a liquid to a gas as it goes back into the air
What is evaporation?
300
Name 4 tools used to measure the weather.
What is a thermometer, anemometer, wind vane (or weather vane), and rain/snow gauge? (any order)
300
used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
300

Polar, Temperate and Tropical are types of these

What are climate zones?

300

a change in weather patterns over many years 

What is climate change?

400
water that cools and changes from a gas into a liquid, forming clouds
What is condensation?
400
Name 4 types of clouds from highest to lowest.
What is cirrus, cumulous, stratus, and fog?
400
used to determine wind direction
What is a wind vane/ weather vane?
400

severe weather characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud over land and that has strong winds

What is a tornado?

400

Clouds that form close to the ground

What is fog?

500
when water evaporates into the air and becomes a gas it is called
What is water vapor
500
Name 4 supplies you should have on hand for sever weather emergencies.
What is bottled water, food, flashlights, extra batteries, battery-operated radio, and blankets. (any 4, any order)
500
used to measure the wind's speed
What is an anemometer?
500
the blanket of air that surrounds our planet
What is the atmosphere?
500

Severe weather that has swirling winds like a tornado over warm ocean waters

What is a hurricane?

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