Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
Making Predictions
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
100
This is the CONTINUOUS process of the movement of water.
What is the water cycle?
100
An instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
A scientists who studies weather or someone you might see in front of a weather map on the Channel 4 news.
What is a meteorologist?
100
Most fresh water is not easily available for use. 68.7% are stored in ice caps and glaciers, 30.1% is stored as groundwater, but only 0.3% is found as surface water, the only water we can use. That is because most of the water is trapped in this.
What are ice caps and glaciers?
200
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
This provides the energy necessary for the water cycle?
What is the sun?
200
A barometer measures this factor of weather.
What is air pressure?
200
A large H on a weather map represents this.
What is high air pressure?
200
Maria notices there is a warm front symbol pointing toward where she lives. From this she can predict that the temperature will be ___________.
What is warmer?
300
The layer of gases that surrounds Earth
What is atmosphere?
300
When many water droplets join together it forms this.
What is a cloud?
300
When this instrument is pointing east, you know that the wind is coming from the west. It is also named after something you wear on your feet.
What is a wind sock?
300
A red long line on a weather map with half circles on it represents this.
What is a warm front.
300
Mitchell studies a weather map and sees that his area is affected by high humidity with an approaching cold front. He predicts there will be cumulonimbus clouds (large dark clouds) that will hit the area. From this he can conclude that this type of weather will also occur.
What is a thunderstorm?
400
The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
400
Josh watches a puddle of water for many days and notices it is slowly disappearing because of this process of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
400
A thermometer can measure temperature in Fahrenheit or this?
What is Celsius?
400
When a cold front passes, the temperature will do this.
What is decrease?
400
John recorded the the temperature for 3 days. On Monday he recorded a temperature of 75 degrees. On Tuesday he recorded 76 degrees. On Wednesday he recorded 54 degrees. From this data he concluded that a large amount of cold air passed by also known as this.
What is a cold front?
500
This process is the continuous movement of water above the surface of Earth.
What is runoff?
500
The process of the water cycle you see happening when the mirror in the bathroom gets foggy.
What is condensation?
500
Dean noticed the air was much drier today than yesterday. He recorded a change in this weather factor. (Hint: amount of water vapor in the air)
What is humidity?
500
A weather map shows Dallas at 74 degrees and shows a a cloud covering a sun just a little bit. From this you can assume the weather will be _____ and ________.
What is warm and partly cloudy?
500
When warm air meets cold air, you can predict that this type of weather will occur.
What is rain?
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