Vocabulary 1
Water Cycle
Vocabulary 2
Weather
Vocabulary 3
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The pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time?
Climate
100
What states of water are associated with the water cycle?
liquid, solid and gas
100
What do air temperature, precipitation and wind determine?
Weather
100
Why do we see mountain tops that are white?
It snows at high elevations because the air in the atmosphere is colder there.
100
What is the measure of moisture in the air called?
Humidity
200
This device measures air pressure.
Barometer
200
What are the 3 main parts of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation and precipitation
200
This device is used to measure humidity.
Hygrometer
200
Does it ever rain in deserts?
Yes! A desert is defined as a region that has very little rain and few plants.
200
What is the amount of pressure pushing down air in the atmosphere called?
Air pressure
300
These two devices help measure wind direction. Name one.
Wind sock or wind/weather vane
300
What are the four types of precipitation?
Hail, rain, sleet, snow
300
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed
300
Does it ever snow in the desert?
Yes!!! Deserts are not always very hot places.
300
What is the device called that measures how much rain was recieved?
Rain Gauge
400
Rainforests are found in this climate zone.
tropical
400
Water is turned into a gas form called water vapor during which part of the water cycle?
Evaporation The word "vapor" is in the word!!!
400
If you are in close proximity to something what does that mean?
It means you are close to it.
400
What weather can you expect if a high area of pressure is over your area?
Dry and sunny weather.
400
A region that gets very little rain and has few plants is called what?
A desert.
500
The land's height above sea level. Also known as altitude.
Elevation
500
What is water called when it falls back to the Earth?
precipitation
500
A climate with temperatures that change with the seasons located between the polar and tropical climates.
Temperate
500
What weather can you expect if an area of low pressure is covering your area?
Cloudy and wet weather?
500
The north and south poles are located in this climate region...
Polar
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