Weather

The Words

100

This describes how hot or cold something is

TEMPERATURE

200

This is water that falls to Earth from the clouds as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

PRECIPITATION

300

The difference in hot air and cold air makes this. It can be strong or light. It feels good when it is hot outside, but it can be dangerous when it is strong. 

WIND

400

A change from a liquid to a gas.

EVAPORATION

500

A change from a gas to a liquid. 

CONDENSATION

Do you know about the WATER CYCLE?

100

Liquid water from a pond, river, lake, or ocean evaporates into _________ in the air.  

Hint: its the name for water as a gas

WATER VAPOR

200

Water vapor rises in the air and condenses to make what? 

CLOUDS

300

Over time, rain and melted snow flow back into what three kinds of collections of water? 

LAKES

RIVERS

OCEANS 

400

What are two kinds of precipitation? 

RAIN

SNOW

SLEET

HAIL

500

What needs to happen to water vapor so that it can change into a cloud? 

COOLING 

CONDENSING 

Head in the CLOUDS

100

White and puffy clouds that are in the middle of the sky. They are often seen in spring and summer and can mean good weather.

CUMULUS CLOUDS

200

These thin clouds are high in the sky and are made of ice. The wind blows these clouds into 

CIRRUS CLOUDS

300

Clouds that are low in the sky and come in sheets to cover the whole sky. When you see these clouds, it can mean rain or snow is coming. 

STRATUS CLOUDS

400

What kind of temperature is needed for water vapor to change into clouds?

COOL TEMPERATURE

500

How does water get in clouds? 

EVAPORTATION

But...Can you spell?

100

Spell it right!

PREESIPETASION

PRECIPITATION

200

Spell it right!

KONDINCASION

CONDENSATION

300

Spell it right!

TAMPERRICHER

TEMPERATURE

400

Spell it right!

EEVAPERASION

EVAPORATION

500

Spell it right!

SUNDURSTORMES 

THUNDERSTORMS