Water Cycle
Weather and Whatever
Climate
In the Sky
Measuring Weather
100
I am rain, hail, or snow that falls from the sky to the ground...
What is precipitation?
100
I am what the air is like outside on a particular day...
What is weather?
100
I am what weather typically is for a particular part of the world...
Example: NY has hot summers and cold winters
What is climate?
100
I am a collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air...
What are clouds?
100
I am the tool that measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen...
What is a rain gauge?
200
I am the result of the sun heating up and making liquid turn into gas...
What is evaporation?
200
True or false
Weather is mostly described as changes in the atmosphere in short time frames including minutes, hours, days, and weeks.
True
200
True or False
Your location effects your climate?
True
200
I'm a cloud that forms low like a blanket. I am often gray and bring rain or snow...
What is a stratus cloud?
200
I am used to measure the air pressure...
What is a barometer?
300
I am the result water vapor cooling and the gas turning into a liquid to form clouds...
What is condensation?
300
True or False
Weather does not effect what we wear or how we pack for certain vacations.
False
300
True or False
Climate is the short term pattern of weather in a place?
False
300
I am high above the ground. I am thin and wispy and look like feathers... 
What is a cirrus clouds?
300
I am used to determine the direction of the wind...
What is a wind vane?
400
I am what happens as a result of there being too much precipitation. The ground absorbs as much as it can and water begins to flow into rivers, lakes, and oceans...
What is a run-off?
400
I am the air around the earth...
What is the atmosphere?
400
True or False
Climate is determined by the temperature and precipitation?
True
400
I am a puffy cloud with a flat bottom. I am fluffy and white when the weather is fair...
What is a cumulus cloud?
400
I am used to check the temperature of the weather...
What is a thermometer?
500
I am the earth's underground supply of water...
What is groundwater?
500
I am used to determine the speed of the wind...
What is an anemometer?
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