The Water Cycle
What is it called when water droplets fall from the sky to the ground?
Precipitation
What are the two types of fair weather clouds?
Cumulus and Stratus
What is water in it's liquid form called?
What is a rain gauge used for?
To measure rain fall.
What is it called when water turns from a liquid to a gas as it rises up?
Evaporation
What are the two types of storm clouds?
Cumulonimbus and Stratonimbus
What is water in it's solid form called?
Ice
How long will a storm from a stratonimbus cloud last?
Many hours.
What is it called when water gets cold and turns from a gas to a liquid?
Condensation
What is the difference between a cumulus cloud and a cumulonimbus cloud?
Cumulonimbus clouds are taller than cumulus clouds
Cumulonimbus clouds are storm clouds while cumulus clouds are fair weather clouds
What is water in it's gas form called?
Water Vapor
How long will a storm from cumulonimbus cloud last?
Less than an hour
Water falls to the ground, collects, and evaporates again.
What type of clouds are long, flat, spread out, and DON'T cause storms?
Stratus clouds
When you are boiling water, the steam that rises out of the pot is water in its _______ form.
Gas
What are two ways to predict if a storm is coming?
The type of cloud
The direction of the wind