Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Weather Vocabulary 2
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The meteorological conditions: temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation.
What is weather?
100
Most common type of storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
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
Anything that repeats itself.
What is a cycle?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
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
Measures how much rain falls.
What are a rain gauge?
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
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
What is a flood?
400
Shows direction.
What is a compass?
500
Snow, rain, sleet, and hail are called this.
What is precipitation?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time.
What is climate?
500
Another name for a hurricane.
What is a typhoon?
500
Measures the amount of humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
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