water cycle
the process of changing water to vaper and back to water.
What is the water cycle?
measures the temperature in the air
What is a thermometer?
forms as warm air pushes into cold air
What are the three states of matter?
conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
the runoff gathering in rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans.
measures the direction of the wind
What is a wind vane?
when 2 air masses meet
What is a front?
thin and wispy clouds that are blown by high winds that mean fair or pleasant weather
What are cirrus clouds?
the average weather conditions of an area over many years.
What is climate?
as the vaper rises, it begins to cool again and turn into water droplets.
What is condensation?
measures the wind speed
What is an anemometer?
forms as cold air meets warm air
fair weather clouds that look like floating cotton.
What are cumulus clouds?
when heat from the sun is used to change water into a vapor and rises into the sky.
What is evaporation?
measures the air pressure
What is a barometer?
most likely to fall along a front.
What is precipitation?
low lying clouds that cover the entire sky
What are stratus clouds?
When water that hits the earth and moves along the top of the land surface
What is surface runoff?
measures the precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
when a front does not move
What is a stationary front?