Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Weather Tools
Types of climates
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 conditions outside at a certain time and place

What is weather?

100

measures how much precipitation has fallen

What is a rain gauge?

100

climate closest to the North and South poles.  Cold year round.

What is a polar climate?

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

measures the temperature

What is a thermometer?

200

Climate closest to the equator.  Hot year round with lots of rain.

What is a tropical climate?

300
Things that fall from the sky such as rain or snow

What is precipitation?

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
Water that is in a gas form?

What is Water Vapor?

300

Instrument that shows wind direction

What is a wind vane?

300

climate that has hot dry summers and cool wet winters.

What is a temperate climate?

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

precipitation that moves across the ground as it runs to a river, lake, stream, pond.  

What is run off?

400

Measures the air pressure.  Pressure down, weather will make you frown.

What is a barometer?

400

What type of climate does Tennessee have?

What is a temperate climate?

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

Measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

500

A city that has an average temperature of 85 degrees all year long.  They also have a lot of rain.  What would the climate most likely be?

What is a tropical climate?

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