Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Reading a Weather Map
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Layers of clouds that spread out covering a large area, they are like a blanket
What are stratus clouds?
100
Snow, rain, sunny, and cloudy are all different types of...
What is weather?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Name the three different types of fronts
What is a warm front, a cold front, and a stationary front
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
This is represented on a map as a red line with semi-circles
What is a warm front?
300
This happens when precipitation falls on land surfaces, and attempts to return to the ocean or lakes.
What is runoff?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300
This is represented on a map as a blue line with triangles
What is a cold front?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
If you are driving in your car during a tornado, what should you do?
Pull over and lie flat in a ditch
400
This is represented on a map as blue triangles and red semi circles together.
What is a stationary front?
500
These are formed when water vapor condenses (together) in the atmosphere.
What are clouds?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
This measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
500
Tool that is used to measure the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
500
Name at least three things a weather map can show
temperatures, cloud cover, rain or snow showers, high and low pressures, and weather fronts.
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