Misc water and weather
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Five factors that affect weather and climate
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
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100

The higher you are the lower the temperature

What is the Elevation?

200

the one that will rise above the other, a warm air mass or a cold air mass

What is the warm air mass?

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
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200

The amount of liquid in the area.

What is 'nearby water'?

300

It is represented by a line with half circles on a weather map

What a warm front?

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
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300

The distance away from the equator

What is latitude

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
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400

The effect if you are continental or coastal

What are the ocean currents?

500

Water vapor that has condensed

What is a cloud?

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
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
500

The lay of the land.  Hills valley, etc.

What is topography?

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