Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Seasons
Extreme weather
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 outside conditions right now

What is weather?

100

Sunny, hot and humid.

What is summer?

100

Forms when a tropical storm keeps growing.

What is a hurricane?

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

Sunny, rainy and plants begin to grow.

What is spring?

200

When a warm front from the south meets a cold front from the north and forms a funnel shape.

What is a tornado?

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
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
Cold, icy and/or snowy

What is winter?

300

When there is lots of snow and wind.

What is a blizzard?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400

The movement of air in the atmosphere.

What is wind?

400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400

Leaves change colors, cooler and windy.

What is fall/autumn?

400

A severe shortage of rain.

What is a drought?

500

Rain, snow, hail or sleet.

What is precipitation?

500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500

Average weather conditions in a place over many years (30 years)

What is climate?

500

Earth's tilt.

What causes seasons?

500

These storms happen mostly in the United States.

What is a tornado?

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