Vocabulary
Vocabulary
The Water Cycle
Weather & The Water Cycle
100
The process in which water moves from the surface of the Earth to the air and then back again.
What is the water cycle?
100
This is when water falls back to the earth in the form or either rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
100

This is what happens when liquid is warmed.

What is evaporation?

100
This is where most storms form.
What are fronts?
200

A storm that develops over water with wind speeds of 74 miles an hour or more.

What is a hurricane?

200
Process by which a gas changes into a liquid.
What is condensation?
200

This is the thing that powers the water cycle.

What is the sun?

200
This is what happens when two air masses come together and form a warm front.
What is is steady rain?
300
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
This is large body of air.
What is an air mass?
300

This is water beneath the earth's surface.

What is groundwater?

300
This is what you need to have a snowy day.
What are cold, wet air masses?
400
This instrument is use to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
This instrument is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400

This is excess water that is not soaked into the ground and flows into larger bodies of water.

What is runoff?

400
This measures rainfall amounts.
What is a rain gauge?
500
This is frozen rain.
What is sleet?
500
This is a fast moving spriral of wind that stretches from the clouds to the ground.
What is a tornado?
500

This is the thing that gives evaporation a hand when it comes to plants.

What is transpiration?

500
This type of air is lighter than cool air.
What is warm air?
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