The Water Cycle
What is the process where water changes from liquid to gas?
Evaporation
What white, fluffy clouds look like cotton balls and mean fair weather?
Cumulus
What tool measures temperature?
Thermometer
What is the movement of air called?
Wind
What kind of storm has thunder, lightning, and heavy rain?
A thunderstorm
What is it called when water vapor cools and becomes liquid again?
What is it called when water vapor cools and becomes liquid again?
What gray clouds cover the sky and bring steady rain or snow?
Stratus
What tool measures air pressure?
Barometer
What type of front brings cold air and stormy weather?
Cold Front
Where is the safest place to go during a tornado?
A basement or interior room.
What part of the water cycle happens when water falls from clouds as rain, snow, or hail?
Precipitation
What tall, towering clouds can bring thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
What tool measures wind speed?
Anemometer
What type of front brings warm, humid air and light rain?
Warm Front
What is a person who studies weather called?
Meteorologist
What is the process where plants release water vapor into the air?
Transpiration
What do we call freezing rain?
Sleet
What tool measures rainfall?
Rain Gauge
What is a large, swirling storm that forms over warm ocean water?
Hurricane
What is the blanket of gases surrounding Earth called?
Atmosphere
What do we call the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth’s surface?
The Water Cycle
What type of precipitation forms when water vapor freezes into ice crystals before falling?
Snow
What is a device used to show the direction the wind is blowing from?
Wind Vane
What is a rapidly spinning column of air that touches both the cloud and the ground?
Tornado
What do we call the average weather in a place over a long time?
Climate