Water Cycle
Weather
Clouds
Weather Patterns
Climate
100
Percentage of the earth's surface that is covered by water.
What is 75%
100
Measures wind speed.
What is anemometer?
100
Low, flat clouds that signal rain.
What is stratus?
100
The boundary between two air masses
What is front?
100
What the atmosphere is like at a given time and place.
What is weather?
200
These contain most of earth's water.
What are oceans?
200
Measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
200
High, wispy clouds made up of ice crystals.
What is cirrus?
200
High pressure brings this kind of weather.
What is fair, sunny, nice weather?
200
Long-term weather patterns.
What is climate?
300
This is water stored underground.
What is groundwater?
300
Measure water vapor in the air (humidity).
What is hygrometer?
300
Fluffy, white clouds in the middle layer.
What is cumulus or altocumulus?
300
This front is indicated using a blue line with triangles.
What is a cold front?
300
Climate zone in the middle latitudes and can have a mild climate or vary from hot to cold.
What is temperate?
400
Water that can't soak in the ground and runs downhill.
What is runoff?
400
A form of precipitation that forms layers by going up and down in a thundercloud.
What is hail?
400
Tall dark clouds that signal storms.
What is cumulonimbus?
400
A low pressure system brings this kind of weather.
What is stormy or rainy?
400
Climate zone close to the equator and warm all year.
What is tropical?
500
These are huge bodies of rock that store water and are recharged by rain, sleet, and snow.
What are aquifers?
500
Moving air
What is wind?
500
Very low clouds near the ground.
What is fog?
500
This front is indicated using a red line and half-circles.
What is warm front?
500
Climate zone very far from the equator and cold year-round; has little precipitation.
What is polar?
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