Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Tornado
Safety and
Trivia
100

Nature’s way of recycling water.

Water cycle?

100

Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them

Stratus clouds

100

The state of the air at a certain time and place

Weather

100

Most common type of storm

Thunderstorm

100

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house

Basement

200

The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor

Evaporation

200

White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds

Cumulus clouds

200

Scientists who study weather

Meteorologists

200

Spinning cloud with a funnel shape that ends up in a weather disaster.

Tornado

200

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building

Lowest level of the building

300

Amount of water vapor in the air

Humidity

300

Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way

Cirrus clouds

300

Instrument that shows wind direction

Wind vane

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

Hurricane

300

Which weather disasters are most common between the months of April and June?

Most tornadoes occur

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

Condensation

400

Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface

Fog

400

Measures wind speed

Anemometer

400

Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

Flood

400

What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado

Pull over and get out of the vehicle to safe building

500

Water that is found underground

Groundwater?

500

Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds

Cumulonimbus clouds

500

The weather of a place over a long time

Climate

500

Another name for a hurricane

Typhoon

500

Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes

Fujita scale (F-scale)

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