Water Cycle
Water Facts
Weather Facts
Miscellaneous Weather
Other
100
The never ending process that recycles the Earth's water supply?
What is the Water Cycle?
100
Gas, liquid and solid.
What are the three physical states of water?
100
The condition of the air around us.
What is weather?
100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
When molecules stick together and can cause things to float.
What is surface tension?
200
The part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
70%
What is how much of the Earth is covered in water?
200
The average or typical weather in a particular area.
What is climate?
200
A tool used to measure the amount of rainfall.
What is rain gauge?
200
Warm air mass replaces cold air mass. Must draw symbol on board.
What is a warm front?
300
The part of the water cycle that changes water vapor into liquid droplets forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
300
32 degrees Fahrenheit and 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the freezing point (solid) and boiling point (gas) of water?
300
Cold heavy air.
What is high pressure air?
300
Cold air mass replaces a warm air mass. Must draw symbol on board.
What is a cold front?
300
Hot and sunny with little rain.
What is the weather and climate in the Desert Region?
400
The part of the water cycle where tiny drops of water collect into large enough droplets to fall to the ground as; rain, snow, sleet, hail.
What is precipitation?
400
3%
What is the percent of the Earth's water that is freshwater?
400
Warm light air.
What is low pressure air?
400
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is a anemometer?
400
This was created thousands of years ago by the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
500
The part of the water cycle where rain water flows off hills and back into the ocean.
What is runoff?
500
Glaciers/rivers, streams, lakes/ground water.
What is 3 different freshwater sources in the environment?
500
Draw and label the Hydrologic Cycle.
Did you draw this correctly?
500
A tool used to measure air pressure?
What is a barometer?
500
Collection of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other. Must draw symbol on board.
What is a stationary front?
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