Clouds
White and fluffy
Cumulus
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
This movement of air as hot air rises and cold air falls.....
Convection
Liquid to Gas (water vapor)
Evaporation
How is a tornado measured?
Fujita Scale
This can be rain, snow or ice
Precipitation
Type of low-lying cloud that is also fog
Stratus
Measures wind speed
Anemometer
Measures air pressure
Barometer
What happens after a water droplet moves all the way through the cycle?
Starts again
What is the most powerful storm?
Hurricane
True or False: Thunderstorms have to have rain
False
Type of cloud that is wispy and made of ice crystals
Cirrus
The boundary between air masses is called a _____________
Front
When a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
Cold front
Condensation
What does a tornado watch mean?
The weather conditions could possibly bring a tornado
When electricity builds up in the clouds and then discharges on the ground.
Lightning
What type of cloud is made by high flying jets?
Contrails
The 3 main parts of the water cycle are
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Transpiration
Runoff
Stationary front
When a plant gives off water vapor
transpiration
This severe weather could cause frostbite or hypothermia
Blizzard
Snow that melts on the way down from the clouds
Sleet
Clouds form when water vapor forms _____________________
Condensation
What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system?
Good weather (sunny, clear)
This is how much water vapor the air is capable of holding at one time
Relative Humidity
What term is it called when precipitation sinks through the soil into the ground
Infiltration
The severe weather could bring wildfires
Small iced raining down during the spring/summer
Hail