Name that Cloud
Precipitation
Water Cycle
Random
100
What cloud is this ?
Cumulus - They look like they are piled up , low altitude , puffy like cotton candy
100
What type of precipitation falls from the sky as a liquid?
Rain
100
What do we call it when water from the ground rises up into the sky as a gas?
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) precipitation
evaporation
100
What is the definition of weather?
atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation at that moment
200
What cloud is this ?
Cirrus cloud- high altitude, thin and wispy clouds
200
What type of precipitation falls from the sky as a solid and appears as a flake?
snow
200
What happens to the water in the water cycle after condensation when a cloud forms?
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) precipitation
precipitation
200
What is Climate?
A pattern of weather over a long period of time
300
What is the name of this cloud?
stratocumulus - low altitude, layered, flat, blanket -like
300
What type of precipitation falls from the sky and is a solid, frozen ice form?
hail or sleet
300
The left over rainwater from the water cycle returns back to the oceans, ponds, rivers, etc. as ___________________.
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) runoff
runoff
300
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is the day to day state of the atmosphere (short term ) and Climate is the weather of a place over a period of time ( long term - years)
400
What is the name of this cloud?
cumulonimbus - low altitude, big and puffy
rain clouds
400
Water vapor trapped close to the Earth's surface is called?
Fog
400
What state of matter is the rain in during evaporation?
a) solid
b) liquid
c) gas or vapor
gas or vapor
400
What happens to water vapor as it rises higher and higher in the air?
The water vapor cools and then condenses to form clouds
500
What is the name of this cloud? * IT HAS TWO NAMES WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE*
Nimbostratus cloud
500
What the process of "sublimation"?
When the frozen snow/ice evaporates from a solid to a gas (happens only in certain conditions).
500
What state of matter is precipitation if it is falling from the sky as frozen rain, hail, or snow?
a) solid
b) liquid
c) gas
solid
500
What tool is used to measure the air temperature, pressure and humidity?
Weather station (thermometer, barometer, hygrometer)