Weather

Water cycle

100

_______, condensation, precipitation, run off, collection

Evaporation

200

Occurs where water vapor cools and changes from a gas to a liquid

Condensation

300

Occurs when rain, snow, or hail fall from the clouds to earth

Precipitation

400

Occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor

Evaporation

500

is water that flows across land and collects in other bodies of water

Run off

Clouds

100

A cloud is a small collection of water droplets or ____suspended in the air

Ice crystals

200

These clouds often cover large portions of the sky and can block out the sun

Stratus clouds

300

These clouds form when warm air rises and theses clouds often form thunderstorms

Cumulus

400

Thin feathery white clouds at high altitudes

Cirrus

500

These clouds form strong winds and can indicate a change in weather

Cirrus clouds

Precipitation

100

____ is the most common form of precipitation

Rain

200

____ forms when falling through a layer of freezing air

Sleet

300

____ forms when temperatures are so cold that water vapor changes directly into a solid

Snow

400

___ forms in cumulonimbus clouds

Hail

500

When ___ forms of air in the clouds carry raindrops high in the clouds! the raindrops freeze and forms hail

Up drafts

Fronts

100

__a blank front forms where cold air moves under warm air, which is less dense, and pushes the warm air up

Cold front

200

_____ form when warm air moves over cold denser air

Warm fronts

300

____ form when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses

Occluded fronts

400

_____ form when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass

Stationary fronts

500

Occluded fronts have cool ____ and large amounts of rain and snow

Temperatures

Miscellaneous

100

Areas that have _________ than surrounding areas do are called cyclones

Lower pressure

200

Areas that have _______ are called anti cyclones

High pressure

300

______ are small, Intense weather systems that produce strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder

Thunderstorms

400

______ is an electrical discharge that occurs between a positively charged area and a negatively charged are

Lightning

500

_____ can produce one or more of the following conditions: high winds, hail, flash floods, and tornadoes

Severe thunderstorms