Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Weather
Miscellaneous
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100

What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system?

Good weather (sunny, clear)

100

What instrument measures temperature?

thermometer

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200

Instrument that measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

200

When a plant gives off water vapor

transpiration

200

What instrument measures precipitation?

 A rain gauge

300

The energy source for the water cycle to happen.

What is the sun?

300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300

What pressure system brings clouds and precipitation

Low Pressure

300

Hot air ______ and cold air _______.

What is rises and falls?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400

What causes wind?

Differences in air pressure

400

Clouds are made up of these.

What are water droplets or ice crystals.

500

Water falling to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

What is precipitation?

500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500

What is the force of the atmosphere on the surface of the earth?

Air pressure

500

True or false. 

Weather changes constantly. 

What is true.

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