Weather Facts I
Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Shadows
Weather Facts II
100
between 2pm-5pm
What is normally the hottest/warmest time of day
100
The leading edge of a moving mass of colder air
What is a cold front
100
water falls back to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow
What is precipitation
100
The shadows get shorter
What happens from winter to summer
100
A scientist who studies and predicts the weather
What is a meteorologist
200
when the sun is about to go down
What time of the day would a shadow be the longest?
200
A physical property of something that measures hot and cold
What is temperature
200
Warmed on the ground, water changes from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
200
when the sun is about to go down
When is a shadow longest
200
colors that appear when light shines through water droplets in the air
What is a rainbow
300
The line up of the Moon, Earth, and Sun cause this
What is a tide
300
The leading edge of a moving mass of warmer air
What is warm front
300
Water vapor cools as it rises and it changes back into a liquid
What is condensation
300
when the sun is at its highest point overhead
When is a shadow smallest
300
this is created when the air temperature drops below freezing and the water vapor in the air freezes into ice crystals
What is frost
400
the tides of the oceans
What is caused by the gravitational pull of the Earth by the Sun and the moon
400
The condition of the atmosphere at a single location for a short period of time
What is weather
400
water is stored on Earth as streams, rivers, lakes, oceans and as ground water
What is collection
400
a shadow's length and position depend on this
What is the location of the light source
400
fine particles of water floating close to the ground
What is a fog
500
thin, sheetlike high clouds that often cover the entire sky. They are so thin that the sun and moon can be seen through them
What are Cirrostratus clouds
500
Force of air pressing down on the Earth's surface
What is air pressure
500
the scientific word for water cycle
What is hydrological cycle
500
shadows are longer during this time
What is evening
500
the result of the gravitational pull of oceans on the Earth by the sun and the moon
What is a tide
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