States of Water
What is condensation
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
What is the sun
What provides the energy for all of the weather-related storms?
What is heat from the sun
Which of the following is not a type of precipitation?
a. rain
b. water
c. snow
d. hail
When water turns from a gas to a liquid, it goes through
What is evaporation
When water vapor turns back into water to form a cloud, this is called
What is condensation
What are large, tropical storms with wind speeds of 119 km an hour or more?
What are hurricanes
Which list includes three weather conditions?
a. Windy, cloudy, and winter
b. Cold, morning, and rainy
c. Cloudy, cold, and windy
d. Rainy, summer, and evening
When water turns from a liquid to a solid, it...
In the water cycle, this produces precipiation
What are clouds
What is land breeze
Which of the following is not a type of cloud?
a. cirrus
b. stratus
c. fluffy
d. cumulus
What is the temperature at which water freezes?
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius
This is when water travels downhill into the ground or bodies of water
What is runoff
What is a sea breeze
What instrument measures the air temperature?
a. meteorologist
b. thermometer
c. rain gauge
d. barometer
What is heat
What comes after precipitation in the water cycle?
What landform might cause a bad storm when two sea breezes meet?
What is a peninsula
When the rain falls and hits very cold air, causing the rain to freeze in contact with the ground, it is called
What is sleet