Water Cycle
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What process of the water cycle forms clouds?

What is condensation.

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Water vapor that condenses around dust or air particles in the atmosphere is called what?

Clouds

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What tool measures air pressure?

What is a barometer.

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What unit of measurement do Americans use when reading a thermometer?

Farenheit

200

What powers the water cycle?

What is the sun?

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This type of cloud is round and puffy.  The word means heap or pile.

What is cumulus

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What is the force that pushes on air molecules?

What is air pressure?

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What kind of storm creates strong winds and makes a funnel?

Tornado

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rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of?

What is precipitation. 

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This type of cloud is very high in the atmosphere, and is thin and wispy.  The word means curl.

What is Cirrus

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Differences in air pressure would cause what?

What is wind.

300

What kind of weather has snow, ice, and strong winds?

Winter storm

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When the sun warms the water on land and it rises, what is this called?

Evaporation

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This type of cloud is low and covers the sky.  The word means layer.

Stratus.

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the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time

What is weather?

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 What do you call a scientist that studies day to day weather?

A meteorologist

500

Does the water cycle ever end?

No. It always continues.

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This type of cloud covers the sky and produces rain or snow.

Nimbostratus

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What do we use to measure temperature?

Thermometer

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This cloud is large, dark and high in the sky. It is associated with bad weather such as thunderstorms.

What is cumulonimbus.

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