Earth's Water
Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Air and Clouds
Hurricanes and Tornados
100
What are the different types of water?
Fresh and saltwater
100
What recycles the Earth's water supply from the ground to the atmosphere over and over again?
The water cycle
100
Who studies and predicts weather?
a meteorologist
100
How many different clouds are there?
4 types of clouds: cirrus, stratus, cumulus and cumulonimbus
100
The two types of weather events that can cause a lot of damage are...
hurricanes and tornadoes
200
Where is most of the Earth's fresh water?
In glaciers
200
What happens in collection?
Water is collected in bodies of water and underground.
200
What tool measures air pressure?
barometer
200
The Earth's atmosphere is made of...
air
200
All hurricanes begins as tropical storms or depressions?
Tropical depressions
300
Water has 3 states of matter. What are they?
solid, liquid and gas
300
What happens during condensation?
Water vapor gathers in the sky and forms clouds
300
What does an anemometer measure?
wind speed
300
What are the two times of air pressure?
High air pressure and low air pressure
300
All hurricanes have wind speeds over...
74 MPH
400
At what temperature does water freeze? boil?

32 degrees Fahrenheit and 212 degrees Fahrenheit

400

What happens during precipitation?
The clouds become too heavy with water vapor and it begins to rain/snow.
400
What tool measures the amount of rain fallen?
rain gauge 
400
When an area of low pressure moves and meets an area of high pressure, what is formed?
Wind
400
A tornado is 
a storm that has large, spinning, funnel-shaped clouds that touches the ground. 
500
Name the 5 ocean.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern 
500
Name the 4 steps of the water cycle in order.
collection evaporation condensation precipitation
500
What tool measures the direction the wind is blowing?
weather vane
500
Why does your ears pop?
your ears pop to keep the air pressure inside of you balanced with the air pressure outside of you.
500
Inside a tornado these is an area of spinning, whirling air called the 
Vortex
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