Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Fronts
Severe Weather
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


What is a warm front?

100

These are violent funnel shaped clouds that produce extremely high winds

What is a tornado?

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


What is a cold front?

200

These are tropical storms that bring high winds and heavy rains

What is a hurricane?

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

This front produces cloudy weather and looks like a cold and warm front combined

What is a stationary front?

300

This scale measures the intensity of a tornado

What is the fujita scale?

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

This is formed when two air masses collide

What is a front?

400

How do hurricanes get their strength?

What is they need warm tropical waters?

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

This front brings with it rainy weather

What is a cold front?

500

What is the most dangerous category of hurricane?

What is a Category 5?

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