This power's the water cycle
What is the sun?
Gray clouds that cover or "blanket" the lower part of the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
Scientists who study weather.
What are meteorologists?
The weather of a place over a long time.
What is climate?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Measures the amount of precipitation over a certain time.
What is a rain gauge?
Which of the following conditions can change daily?
A. Weather
B. Climate
C. Both climate and weather
What is Weather?
Rain, snow, sleet or hail
What is precipitation?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Spring - April through June
What are the months or the season that most tornadoes occur?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they can be made of water droplets or ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
A weather tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Which of the following forms of clouds causes rain?
A. Alto cloud
B. Nimbus cloud
C. Stratus cloud
What is nimbus?
The forecast says that weather conditions for tornadoes are favorable during the next few hours. This is a...
a)weather watch
b) weather warning
What is a weather watch?
When water falls back to earth surface, it may _________ in oceans, lakes, or rivers or soak into the ___________.
What is collect/accumulate and ground?
Middle clouds start with this 4 letter prefix.
What is alto?
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?