Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Water Cycle /Air Parcel
Weather Vocabulary
100

Does energy transfer from the sun go towards the air parcel or away in evaporation

towards

100

Does energy transfer towards an air parcel or away from an air parcel during condensation?

away

100

If a cloud becomes saturated ( full of water) what part of the water cycle will happen?

precipitation

100

True or false, Warm air parcels rise higher into the troposphere.

true

100

This word means air that moves as a unit (air in the box).

air parcel

200

Evaporation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas or a gas to a liquid?

Liquid to a gas.

200

Is condensation a liquid changing to a gas or a gas changing to a liquid?

a gas changing to a liquid

200

Name the missing form of precipitation:  rain, hail, sleet, and __________.

snow

200

What states of matter can be  involved in the water cycle?


solid, liquid, and gas

200

This is the part of the atmosphere where weather happens

Troposphere

300

Does evaporation involve transferring energy from the sun to the air parcel or the sun to the surface and then to the air parcel

the sun to the surface and then to the air parcel

300

Does condensation involve adding energy or removing energy?

removing energy

300

What force causes precipitation to fall from the clouds?

gravity

300

Which air parcel will transfer out the most energy if both of them have 10 degree surrounding air, the 40 degree air parcel or the 10 degree air parcel?  

the 40 degree air parcel

300

When does the energy stop transferring out of an air parcel to the surrounding air?

When the air parcel temperature is the same as the surrounding air.

400

Evaporation is a process that changes water from a liquid to a gas.  What is that gas called?

water vapor

400

When they rise, they lose energy. Are they air parcels or clouds?

air parcels

400

What state of matter, of precipitation, is missing:  liquid and _______

solid

400

Energy is transferred from a cold air parcel to the cold air, warm air parcel to the warm air, or a warm air parcel to the cold air?

warm air parcel to the cold air

400

This word means the short-term conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place.

weather

500

Which happens first evaporation or condensation?

evaporation

500

Are clouds made of water vapor or liquid?

liquid

500

If evaporation is step number 1 in the water cycle, what step is precipitation?

three

500

Day 1 and Day 2 two air parcels have the same amount of water vapor.  It rained day 2 and not day 1.  On day 2, was the air parcel warmer than the surrounding air or was the surrounding air warmer than the air parcel?

The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air.

500

This word means liquid water droplets suspended in the air

cloud

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