Water Cycle
Weather
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Tornado
Safety and
Trivia
Safety and
Trivia
Clouds
100
What do you call water that is found underground?
Groundwater
100
What do you call the state of the atmosphere at a place and time in terms of heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.?
Weather
100
What is the most common type of storm?
A thunderstorm
100
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
The basement
100
What are gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them called?
Stratus clouds
200
What is the process of water changing into an invisible gas called?
Evaporation
200
What are Scientists who study weather called?
Meteorologists
200
What do you call a spinning cloud with a funnel-shape?
A tornado
200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building?
The lowest level of a building
200
What are white, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds called?
Cumulus clouds
300
What is water vapor in the air called?
Humidity
300
What do you call the Instrument that indicates wind speed and direction?
Windsock
300
What do you call a large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water?
A hurricane
300
What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?
April through June
300
What are thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way called?
Cirrus clouds
400
What is the process of water vapor turning into water droplets called?
Condensation
400
What tool measures wind speed?
An anemometer
400
What do you call a water overflow caused by a large amount of rainfall?
A flood
400
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado?
Pull over and get out of the vehicle
400
What is a cloud that forms at the earth’s surface called?
Fog
500
Name three parts of the water cycle
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Interception, Infiltarion, Percolation, Transpiration
500
What do you call the weather of a place over a long time?
Climate
500
What is another name for a hurricane
Typhoon
500
Scale used to rate the damage and speed of tornadoes
The Fujita scale (F-scale)?
500
What are tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds called?
Cumulonimbus clouds
