Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
a. greenhouse effect
b. water cycle
What is the water cycle?
What is formed when molecules of water vapor begin to freeze on a piece of dust?
a. rain
b. snowflakes
c. sleet
b. snowflakes
The condition of the air at a certain time and place
A. climate
B. weather
What is weather?
Name one of the 3 most common types of storms in the US
thunderstorm, Hurricane, tornado (twister)
electricity that jumps from one cloud to another or from a cloud to the earth
lightning
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
a. evaporation
b. condensation
What is evaporation?
Ice that falls during some thunderstorms is...
a. snow
b. drizzle
c. hail
c. hail
sound that follows lightning
thunder
The sun's heat energy changes water into a gas called snow.
True or False?
False. It changes into a gas called water vapor
Beads of frozen rain are called...
a. sleet
b. hail
c. snow
a. sleet
The atmosphere keeping heat from the earth from escaping into space is called the_________ effect.
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
A. hurricane
B. tornado
c. Thunderstorm
What is a hurricane?
wind
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
ex. water vapor cools, and forms a cloud with water droplets
a. evaporation
b. condensation
b. condensation
Name one of the three elements that make weather:
heat, water, or wind
The weather conditions an area receives over time is called
A. weather
B. climate
C. precipitation
B. climate
windstorm that forms over hot land:
A. hurricane
b. tornado
c. thunderstorm
A. tornado
to soak up
A. radiate
B. absorb
b. absorb
"the earth absorbs the sun's heat energy"
What are the three forms of precipitation?
hail, sleet, snow, rain
The climate area that is always cold is called:
a. frigid zone
b. temperate zone
c. tropical zone
a. frigid zone
The layer of air that surrounds the earth:
a. atmosphere
b. humidity
c. frigid
a. atmosphere
Another name for a tornado
twister
weight of air
A. radiate
B. air pressure
C. absorb
B. air pressure