States of Water/ Precipitation
Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Weather/Climate
Climate / Biomes
100
When water changes state from a gas to a liquid, it goes through
What is condensation?
100
The sun's energy causes water to ________________.
What is evaporate?
100
The instrument you use to measure precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
100

This type of storm brings different precipitation on each end: the warmer southern side gets one kind, while the colder northern side gets another.


What is rain in the south and snow in the north?



100

This climate zone is known for being cold and dry most of the year.


What is polar climate zone?

200
The temperature where liquid water becomes a solid.
What is 32 degrees F or 0 degrees C?
200
When water vapor turns back into water to form a cloud, this is called ________________.
What is condensation?
200
This weather instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200

These tall, puffy storm clouds usually mean this kind of stormy weather is coming.


What is cumulonimbus clouds

200

Cities close to the equator usually have this kind of climate because they get direct sunlight year-round.


What is tropical climate.

300

Clouds that are responsible for snow and look like quilt. 

Stratus


300
In the water cycle, this produces precipitation.
What are clouds?
300
The weather instrument that measures wind speed is called a
What is anemometer?
300

An area of low pressure usually brings

What is lousy, stormy, cloudy weather

300

Even though both biomes are dry and have few animals, one is known for very hot temperatures while the other is known for extremely cold temperatures.


What is deserts are hot and tundras are cold.

400

This type of precipitation falls as hard balls of ice and forms inside strong thunderstorm clouds. The wind kicks it back up. 

What is hail?

400

If the Sun gave off less energy, this important step of the water cycle would slow down, leading to less rain and fewer clouds.


What is evaporation would decrease.

400
The weather instrument that measures the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
400

Explain the difference between weather and climate?

Climate is the average weather conditions of an area over many years. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.

400

This location gets more direct sunlight all year because it is closer to the center of the Earth’s heat zone.


What is because the equator receives more direct sunlight than the North Pole?



500

Precipitation starts above freezing but falls into air that is below freezing before it reaches the ground. It will most likely hit the ground as this icy pellet form.

What is sleet?

500

Both wetlands and rainforests are very humid environments and also receive a lot of this from the sky.



What is high amounts of precipitation?



500
A weather vane shows the direction from which the wind blows by
What is pointing where the wind is coming from?
500

This biome is hot, has lots of rainfall, and is home to a very wide variety of plants and animals.



What is the tropical rainforest?



500

This biome has hot days, cold nights, and very little rainfall throughout the year.


What is the desert?

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