The process where water moves from the surface of the Earth into the air and back again.
What is the water cycle?
100
A type of severe storm which has strong, freezing cold winds and blowing snow.
What is a blizzard?
100
This type of weather is caused by a cold, wet air mass.
What is snow or cold rainy weather?
100
This is the information on a weather map that is represented by a red line with half circles.
What is a warm front?
100
This is the weather instrument that measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
It is the process where liquid water is warmed and becomes water vapor, a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
A type of storm that has strong winds, heavy rains, bad thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Today, the weather is sunny and 85 degrees (F). What kind of air mass is over your area?
What is a warm, dry air mass.
200
This is the of type of weather that is represented by a blue line with triangles.
What is a cold front.
200
This is the type of weather instrument that measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
300
It is the process where water vapor, a gas, cools in the clouds and becomes liquid water.
What is condensation?
300
A type of severe storm that has a fast spinning spiral of wind, that forms over land or water, that stretches from the clouds to the ground.
What is a tornado?
300
This type of air mass causes a sunny skies on a cold day.
What is a cold, dry air mass?
300
This is the type of precipitation that begins as rain and goes through a cold patch of air. If freezes and falls to Earth as ice pellets.
What is sleet?
300
This is a type of weather instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
It is the process where water falls back to Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
400
A type of severe storm that has large tropical storms which form over water, with wind of 74mph or higher.
What is a hurricane?
400
This type of air mass that causes the weather to be around 60 degrees and rainy.
What is a warm, wet air mass.
400
This is the type of precipitation forms when water vapor turns into ice crystals and falls back to Earth's surface.
What is snow?
400
This is the type of weather instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
500
This drives the water cycle.
What is the sun's energy?
500
This causes flooding during a hurricane.
What is rain and storm surge?
500
This is the beginning part of the air mass.
What is a front?
500
This is the type of precipitation that forms when rainfalls and hits a freezing patch of air. The rain freezes. High winds blow the ice back up into the clouds where it is warmer. The ice melts a little then falls again. This process continues until the ice falls back to Earth's surface.
What is hail?
500
This is the type of weather instrument that measures amounts of rain fall.