Studying the Weather
Studying Weather part 2
Water Cycle
Condensation
Vocabulary
100

A person that studies the weather.

What is a meteorologist?

100

Precipitation is measured with a _________.

What is a rain gauge?

100
True or False.  Water is always moving on Earth.

True

100

Water vapor needs _________ to continue to exist as a gas.

What is heat?

100

To predict future events or conditions, such as weather. 

What is forecast?

200

The condition of the air in an area.

What is climate?

200

Four forms of precipitation. 

What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?

200

Water vapor forms _________ when it condenses.

What are clouds?

200

As air cools, water vapor _________.

What is condenses?

200

To change from a liquid to a solid state as a result of cooling. 

What is freeze?

300

Meteorologists use weather instruments to ______ the weather. 

What is predict?

300

Moving air is called______.

What is wind?

300

Name three parts of the water cycle.

What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?

300

Condensation occurs as water changes from a ______ to a ________.

What is gas  to a liquid?

300

When liquid water changes into water vapor.

What is evaporation?

400

A measure of how hot or cold the air is.

What is temperature?

400

Two instruments used to measure wind speed. 

What is an anemometer and a wind meter?

400

Three states of matter.

What is solid, liquid, and gas?

400

Water vapor close to the ground.

What is fog?

400

The condition of the air around us. 

What is weather?

500

Water in any form that falls to the earth is called.

What is precipitation?

500

An instrument used my a meteorologist to measure the DIRECTION the wind is blowing. 

What is a wind vane?

500

The % of salt water from the ocean on our planet is _____.

What is 97%

500

Condensation on the grass early in the morning.

What is dew?

500

The repeating pattern of condensation and evaporation of water on earth. 

What is the Water Cycle?

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