Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
Describe what happens in a high pressure system.
clear skies, very little clouds, dry, cool temperatures
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
Describe what happens in a Low pressure system.
Rainy, Wet, cloudy, high humidity, warmer temperatures
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
What separates a warm and cold air mass
What is the Jet Stream.
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
When the jet stream dips below North Carolina, what kind of temperatures can North Carolina expect?
Colder temperatures
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
What makes weather move from West to East
Jet Stream