Weather and Water Cycle
Weather and Clouds
Weather
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?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
400
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500

Most common type of storm

What is a thunderstorm?

500
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
500
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
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