Water Cycle
Precipitation
Predicting Weather
Clouds
Weather
100
When water flows down a hill or mountain after precipitation occurs.
What is runoff
100
What is it called when water that falls from the clouds to earth's surface?
Precipitation
100
On a hurricane or tornado scale, the numbers 1-5 describe how much _____ a storm will cause.
Damage
100
What clouds are thin and wispy?
Cirrus clouds
100
The percentage that tracks how "wet" or "dry" the air is.
What is humidity
200
The place during the water cycle that a molecule spends the shortest amount of time (glaciers, oceans, in the ground, in the atmosphere)
In the atmosphere
200
What is the source of energy that makes the water cycle continue?
The sun
200
The following steps lead up to what type of storm? Thunderstorm on the coast, tropical storm, tropical depression, _________
Hurricane
200
Cumulonimbus clouds tell us that what type of weather will be coming?
Thunderstorms
200
What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
300
Lucas observes a puddle getting smaller and smaller during the day. What step of the water cycle is this?
Evaporation
300
What type of precipitation occurs at a very low temperature?
Snow
300
Will a Category 4 hurricane cause MORE or LESS damage than a Category 1 hurricane?
More
300
What clouds for a gray blanket across the sky?
Stratus clouds
300
What is it called when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass?
A front
400
Water that is absorbed into the Earth's surface
What is groundwater
400
Cumulonimbus clouds typically bring what type of precipitation?
Thunderstorms with rain
400
Javon wants to analyze air temperature changes during October. How often should he measure the temperature? a. Every hour b. Every day c. Every week d. The first and last day of the month
b. Every day
400
During what two stages of the water cycle do clouds form?
Condensation and evaporation
400
What is the name for a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout? a. hurricane b. cold front c. air pressure d. air mass
d. air mass
500
When water vapor changes from a gas into a liquid to form clouds.
What is condensation
500
How are layers created in a piece of hail?
When hail goes up and down in a thundercloud, new layers of ice form.
500
Zyaair is predicting that the weather is going to get warmer over the next few days because there is a warm front approaching. How can she verify her prediction (make sure it is accurate and true)? a. observe the weather to see if there are thunderstorms over the next few days b. record air pressure every hour for 24 hours c. use a barometer and thermometer to record the air pressure and temperature for 5 days d. go online and find the temperature and air pressure for the past 5 days
d. go online and find the temperature and air pressure for the past 5 days
500
What type of clouds form from ice crystals?
Cirrus clouds
500
Part A - draw the symbol for a warm front Part B - draw the symbol for a cold front
Part A - a line with half circles Part B - a line with triangles
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