Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Climate Factors
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky in layers; 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
The type of storm where we might see hail.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Height above or below sea level, the higher you are ... the colder you are
What is the elevation?
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
Precipitation that occurs when the air from the cloud all the way to the ground is below 32 degrees fahrenheit.
What is snow?
200
How close to the equator you are. Closer is warmer, farther away is colder
What is latitude?
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
The most common form of precipitation
What is rain?
300
When you live near this, your climate is wetter
What is a large body of water?
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
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400
Where would I find a very cold, dry climate
What is the polar 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
Wind indicates a change in this is coming
What is weather?
500
Where would I find a hot moist, tropical climate
Where is near the equatore, near the ocean (Florida!)?
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