Water Cycle
Four parts of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection?
Blanket like formless clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
Instrument that measures relative humidity and moisture content in the atmosphere.
What is a psychrometer?
A type of cloud that is wispy and found in high altitudes.
What is the cirrus clouds?
These "ingredients" are needed for a cloud to form.
What are water vapor and condensation nuclei?
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Clouds are better described as a liquid or a gas.
What is a liquid?
These 3 things make up Condensation nuclei.
What are dust, pollen and salt?
An area where warm air rises and then cools and falls in a circular pattern.
What is a convection current or cell?
Values needed to calculate relative humidity using a psychrometer.
What is the difference between the wet and dry thermometers?
Global winds that blow just north of the equator, from the East to the West.
What is trade winds?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface, but is not actually a form of precipitation.
What is fog?
The temperature at which water vapor changes back to a liquid from a gas (or condenses).
What is dew point?
While all psychrometers are hygrometers, not all hygrometers are psychrometers. True/False
What is True?
This happens when clouds get too heavy.
What is precipitation?
Condensation requires these two things to form.
What is a drop in temperature and a surface?
Clouds are named according to these 3 categories.
What are shape, color and altitude?
The percent that relative humidity will be if the dew point and the air temperature are the same.
What is 100%?
The name of the group of volunteers that collect rain data to send into the National Weather Service.
What is CoCoRaHS?
The type of air that can hold the most water vapor.
What is warm air?