The Water Cycle
The Electromagnetic Spectrum/Heat Transfer
Weather Words
Storms/Weather Events
Clouds
100
liquid water + heat energy
What is evaporation?
100
Type of heat transfer where you feel the sun's warmth on your face.
What is radiation?
100
The measure of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
100
The largest monster storm which forms over warm water.
What is a hurricane?
100
cirrus
What is a high, wispy, feathery cloud
200
water vapor - heat energy =
What is condensation?
200
Type of heat transfer where the hot sand burns your feet.
What is conduction?
200
Troposphere
What is the first layer of the atmosphere?
200
A weather event caused by static electricity.
What is lightning?
200
cumulus
What is a puffy cloud which looks like cauliflower?
300
Sleet, hail, rain, and snow
What are forms of precipitation?
300
The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
Anemometer
What is a instrument used to measure wind speed?
300
A storm characterized by high winds and white out conditions.
What is a blizzard?
300
status
What is a low, blanket-like cloud?
400
The temperature at which water vapor condenses back into liquid
What is dew point?
400
A form of energy felt as heat.
What is infrared radiation?
400
The process in which a solid is turned directly to a gas with the addition of heat energy.
What is sublimation?
400
A weather event caused by a prolonged period without adequate rain.
What is a drought?
400
alto
What is the name given to mid-level clouds?
500
The process in which water vapor is deposited as frost on a cold surface.
What is deposition?
500
A form of heat energy which can cause sunburn and skin cancer.
What is ultra-violet radiation?
500
An instrument used to measure relative humidity which consists of a wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometer.
What is a psychrometer?
500
The name given to a thunder cloud which can produce a tornado.
What is a supercell?
500
nimbus
What is a cloud which is raining?
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