Tools
Clouds
Precipitation (Snow,Sleet,Freezing Rain, Hail, or Rain)
Water Cycle
Mystery
100
Tool used to measure temperature.
What is thermometer?
100
Thin and wispy clouds.
What is cirrus?
100
Begins as snow, but goes through warmer air and melts before hitting the ground.
What is rain?
100
The change from a liquid into water vapor in the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
100
Two tools used to PREDICT the weather.
What is weather balloons and satellites.
200
Tool used to measure wind direction.
What is wind vane?
200
Gray clouds covering the entire sky.
What is stratus?
200
Starts as snow and goes through air that is below freezing before hitting the ground.
What is snow?
200
The third stage of the water cycle where water falls from the clouds in various forms depending on the temperature.
What is precipitation?
200
The continuous movement of water from the earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again.
What is water cycle?
300
Tool used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
300
Tall, gray, storm clouds.
What is cumulonimbus?
300
Super cooled rain. When it hits the ground or an object it turns into a thin layer of ice.
What is sleet?
300
The second stage in the water cycle where water vapor changes to water droplets and creates clouds.
What is condensation?
300
A tornado is cause by:
What is a warm front and cold front meeting?
400
Tool used to measure air pressure.
What is barometer?
400
Big, white, fluffy clouds associated with a fair day.
What is cumulus?
400
TINY BALLS of ice formed after going through warm air and then freezing air before hitting the ground.
What is freezing rain?
400
Part of the collection stage of the water cycle where water is not absorbed into the ground and flows on the surface into rivers and lakes.
What is runoff?
400
The three factors that change temperature and precipitation.
What is latitude, closeness to water, and elevation?
500
Tool used to measure humidity.
What is hygrometer?
500
The difference between cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds.
What is cumulus are associated with a fair day and cumulonimbus is associated with storms?
500
Begins as SMALL PIECES OF ICE that get bigger and bigger when water droplets are added in the cloud before falling to the ground.
What is hail?
500
Part of the collection stage of the water cycle where water absorbs into the ground and slowly makes its way back to a water source.
What is groundwater?
500
The three types of climates.
What is temperate, polar, and tropical?
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