Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
32 degrees with rain falling.
What is freezing rain?
Large body of air with similar properties.
What is an air mass?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
Region of the atmosphere where all weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
Thin, feathery/whispy clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that a warm front is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
Prevailing winds that move weather in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
What are the westerlies?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
What is a flood?
Thats a hell of a hailstorm, except it is occurring with wintry weather and not a thunderstorm.
What is sleet?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Heavy snow and high wind for a period of three hours.
What is a blizzard?
Cold winds over warm lake waters create this event along the Great Lakes of the United States.
What is Lake Effect Snow?