Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
The Florida Everglades is this.
What is a wetland or swamp?
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
Instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
This region experiences high heat and very dry conditions.
What is a desert?
The climate zone found at the poles
What is the polar zone?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
This region, whether temperate or tropical, has many trees.
What is a forest?
What is the tropical zone?
Water that is found under ground
What is groundwater?
Instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
This region may also be called a prairie.
What is a grassland?
The climate zone found between the poles and the equator
What is the temperate zone?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds; hail forms in these clouds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long period of time
What is climate?
This biome is found in the polar regions.
What is a tundra?
The measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator
What is latitude?