Details of the Water Cycle
The water cycle is the continuous movement of _________ through the environment.
What is water?
The Sun heats the surface of the ocean, causing water to leave the oceans into the atmosphere as water vapor.
Fluffy, white clouds that signal fair weather
What is cumulus?
______ forms in the high part of a cumulonimbus cloud where temperatures are below freezing. They then fall to a lower, warmer part of the cloud where they pick up a layer of water.
What is hail?
___________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
When the Sun heats the surface of oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, some of the water changes state and becomes _______ ______
What is water vapor?
Water vapor rises and cools, eventually forming clouds.
What is condensation?
Gray clouds that cover the sky and can produce light rain, sleet or snow
What is stratus?
______ forms in winter storms when snowflakes melt then refreezes into ice pellets.
Humidity is measured with a _______
What is a hygrometer?
When the air ______, the water vapor condenses back to water droplets (liquid).
What is cools?
When the clouds become heavy with water droplets, the water falls back to the Earth as _________
Dark, puff, tall storm clouds that are dark grey in color and can produce light to heavy rain, snow, sleet or hail.
What is cumulonimbus?
During precipitation, water falls from clouds as rain, sleet, ____, and hail.
______ is the weight of air pressing on everything around it.
Depending on the __________, the water will fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is temperature?
______ flows into lakes and streams, which flow into rivers, which eventually return water to the ocean.
What is runoff?
White, feathery, high clouds that are not associated with precipitation
What is cirrus?
Precipitation is measured using a _____ _____
What is a rain gauge?
A Barometer measures _________
What is air pressure?
Water that does not get absorbed into the _______ and moves downhill towards rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans.
When the clouds become heavy with _____ ________, the water falls back to the Earth as precipitation.
These clouds are actually made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
______ is a mix of snow and water, and _____ is falling drops of water.
What is sleet and rain?
____ ____ is the average rate that air moves past a location.
What is wind speed?