Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Wind
Atmosphere
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?
100

This wind is located at the Equator 

What is trade winds

100

How many layers of the atmosphere are there?

What is 5?

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Winds that travel short distances and change direction.

What is local winds?

200

This layers contains the OZONE

What is the Stratosphere?

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
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?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300

These winds travel long distances and do not change direction

What is a Global Wind?

300
This layer is where all weather occurs?

What is the Troposphere?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400

Local wind that blows from the sea onto land

What is Sea Breeze?

400

This layer is the coldest layer of the atmosphere

What is the Mesosphere?

500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500

Global winds get their curved patterns due to this

What is Coriolis Effect?

500

This helps protect against harmful UV rays

What is OZONE layer?

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