What is the Water Cycle?
What is the Ocean?
What is Weather?
How do Clouds and Precipitation Form?
What is Climate?
100
What is it called when water changes from a liquid to a gas a.condensation b. evaporation c. precipitation
What is evaporation
100
The flow of water is called what? a. current b. hydrosphere c. reservoir
What is current
100
The amount of water vapor in the air is called what? a. weather b. humidity c. barometric pressure
What is humidity
100
What are frozen raindrops? a. snow b. really cold raindrops c. sleet
What is sleet
100
The height above sea level is what? a. latitude b. climate c. elevation
What is elevation
200
When water falls from the clouds in the form of snow, sleet, rain, or hail what is this called a. precipitation b. raining c. evaporation
What is precipitation
200
All of the waters of the earth together make up what a. current b. reservoir c. hydrosphere
What is hydrosphere
200
The pushing force of the atmosphere is called what? a. barometric pressure b. weather c. air
What is barometric pressure
200
Water that leaves the clouds in various forms is called what? a. rain b. precipitation c. water vapor
What is precipitation
200
What would you use to determine the temperature outside? a. barometer b. thermometer c. a temperature stick
What is a thermometer
300
What role does the run play in the water cycle--name one
What is it causes evaporation, melting
300
Areas of warmer water have lower salinity (amount of salt) compared to areas of colder water, true or false?
What is true
300
If you climb to the top of a mountain the air pressure will be higher true or false?
What is false
300
If it is 20 degrees outside, what type of precipitation would you expect to be occurring?
What is snow
300
It is 80 degrees outside during the month of February, in Omaha, Ne, this means that the climate has changed, true or false?
What is False
400
If only a small amount of water is evaporated into a cloud, will it rain right away--why?
What is no the cloud must become heavy and saturated with lots of water first
400
Is it easier to float in ocean water or in fresh water?
What is ocean water
400
A northern wind would be moving from which direction towards which direction?
What is north to south
400
Clouds that look like small puff balls that are mid level clouds are called what? a. altocumulus b. fog c. status
What is altocumulus
400
Would it be colder outside on top of a mountain, or on ground level?
What is top of a mountain
500
Name the three steps of the water cycle in order, and describe each
What is 1. evaporation: water is turned into gas and travels up to the clouds 2. Condensation: water particles are turned into clouds 3. Precipitation: Water falls back down to the earth as either, rain, snow, sleet, or hail
500
Name three different characteristics of the ocean
What is currents, salt, waves, fish
500
Name two aspects that can affect the weather outside
What is wind, temperature, barometric pressure, location
500
What is it called when clouds are completely at ground level?
What is fog
500
The elevation in Mexico City is 7,382′ while the elevation in Omaha is 1,090′ which area will get more rain?
What is Mexico City
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