Water Cycle
Clouds
Vocabulary
How is weather predicted?
Measuring Weather
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
Cold air has a higher ______ _______ than warm air?
What is air pressure?
100
What measures wind speed?
What is an Anemometer?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
What instrument measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
Why are continental air masses dry?
They form over land
300
What is the study of weather?
What is meteorolgy?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
A place where two air masses meet?
What is a front?
400
What kind of weather does a cold front bring?
What is heavy rain, thunderstorms, or snow
400
What measures wind direction?
What is a wind vane?
500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
What tool helps predict large storms?
What is a Dopler Radar?
500
What is an instrument for measuring humidity?
What is a hygrometer
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