Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
and Tools
Climate Zones and Environments
Precipitation
100

Largest contributor of water to the water cycle.

What are the oceans?

100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100

This environment has much of the year below freezing.

What is the tundra?

100

The most common form of precipitation in Florida.

What is rain?

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

Instrument that measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

200

If an area is said to have "higher latitude" it is ____________ from the equator.

What is farther away?

200

This solid precipitation comes from wispy clouds high up in the sky when the water vapor freezes.

What is snow?

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 measures how much water vapor is in the air.

What is a hygrometer?

300

This environment has the least humidity.

What is the desert?

300

This type of solid precipitation can occur when it is hot outside with high winds, because it keeps getting pushed up high into a cumulonimbus cloud until it is heavy enough to fall to the ground.

What is hail?

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
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400

Tropical climate zones are _________ and _________.

What is hot and humid?

400

This type of precipitation requires air temperatures on 32 degrees Fahrenheit or colder and begins as a liquid but turns into a solid because of the air temperature.  

What is freezing rain?

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

Being close to oceans affects a locations weather. If there is a warm ocean current flowing past the location, this would happen.

A) The climate would be colder.

B) There would be less precipitation. 

C) There would be less humidity.

D) The climate would be warmer.

What is D) The climate would be warmer?

500

This type of precipitation starts as a solid, hits a warm patch of air and melts to a liquid, then re-freezes before hitting the ground.

What is sleet?

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