Weather Patterns
Clouds
Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Earth and Space
100
A hot, sunny day can cause water to?
A hot, sunny day can cause water to?evaporate
100
What are high wispy clouds called?
cirrus
100
What is used to measure temperature?
thermometer
100
Water turns into vapor and ice in the _________.
Water Cycle
100
If it is cold in the southern hemisphere, then it is ______ in the northern hemisphere.
hot
200
What happens when there are differences in air temperatures?
There is wind
200
A (n) _______ cloud is a white, puffy cloud.
cumulus
200
What is used to measure wind?
anemometer or wind sock
200
How does rain form?
Water vapor condenses and falls to Earth
200
What is the imaginary line that Earth rotates on?
axis
300
What is it when you see whirling, spinning columns of air?
Tornado
300
How are clouds formed?
when water evaporates
300
When thick, low _________ clouds appear, a storm is likely.
Stratus
300
A hot sunny day can cause water to?
Evaporate
300
What is the hottest season?
summer
400
When different types of air come together. What is it called?
weather changes
400
What does it mean when stratus clouds appear?
There will be rain or snow.
400
What is water that falls from the sky?
precipitation
400
When water vapor _______, it turns back into a liquid.
condenses
400
How many days are there in a year?
365 days a year
500
What is a strong storm started in the water near land called?
hurricane
500
Please describe a stratus cloud.
A stratus cloud is a low clouds form that extends over a large area.
500
What is it called when the Earth is spinning?
rotation
500
Liquid or frozen water that falls from clouds is?
precipitation
500
How many phases of the moon are there? Name them.
4, new moon, first quarter, full, last quarter
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