Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather Measurements
Instruments and units for Weather
Global Warming / Greenhouse Effect
100
Water falls back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow. This occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. This is called __________.
Precipitation
100
These clouds tend to create severe weather, such as thunderstorms and tornadoes. They are very large, vertical cloud formations.
What is cumulonimbus.
100
The measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature.
100
What instrument is used to measure precipitation?
What is a rain gauge?
100
True or false: The greenhouse effect has no positive benefits.
False - Without the greenhouse effect, none of the sun's heat would be kept in, and our planet would be extremely cold (we would not be alive).
200
When precipitation hits the ground and travels OVER land into streams, it is called ________.
Run off or water run off.
200
Low lying gray clouds that can cover the whole sky. Sometimes these are low enough to be in the form of fog.
What is stratus.
200
Is the amount of water vapor (water in its gas state) in the air.
What is humidity.
200
What are the three different units that can be used to measure temperature?
What is Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit?
200
What are the three fossil fuels?
What are natural gas, oil (petroleum), and coal.
300
When the sun heats up water and turns it into water vapor, it rises into the air. This process is called ______________.
What is Evaporation
300
Very thin, wispy clouds that are found high in the sky and blow with the wind. These clouds usually mean that there will be good weather.
What is cirrus.
300
The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
What is wind.
300
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
What is a barometer.
300
What do the fossil fuels produce that is so dangerous to the environment?
What are greenhouse gases/ greenhouse emissions (one major type is carbon dioxide).
400
Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called _________________.
What is Condensation.
400
A mid-level cloud that covers the whole sky and forms before rainstorms. These clouds are made up of ice crystals or water droplets.
What is Altostratus.
400
The weight of air pressing down on an area.
What is air pressure.
400
What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
400
List three different ways that humans help to increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
(Many answers) Examples: drive gasoline powered cars, use electricity from a natural gas or a coal power plant, use home heating oil, use machines to produce products using gas or diesel powered machines...
500
When precipitation falls to the ground, the water is absorbed into the soil and filtered, going into the groundwater.
What is Infiltration.
500
Small round puffs that are fairly high in the sky. They are sometimes called mackerel clouds because they look like fish scales.
What is cirrocumulus.
500
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth’s surface.
What is precipitation.
500
What instrument is used to measure humidity?
What is a psychrometer.
500
Where do fossil fuels come from?
Humans get these materials from the ground. They are the result of animals and plants that died millions of years ago.
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