Storm Types
Clouds
Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Layers of the Atmosphere
100
A swirling, funnel shaped cloud of wind.
What is a Tornado.
100
A low, gray cloud that signals bad weather.
What is a Stratus Cloud.
100
A scientist who studies weather.
Who is a Meteorologist.
100
The first step of the Water Cycle.
What is Evaporation.
100
The third layer of the Atmosphere.
What is the Mesosphere.
200
A large overflow of water.
What is a Flood.
200
High, wispy clouds that signal good weather.
What are Cirrus Clouds.
200
A instrument that shows the direction of the wind.
What is a Wind Vane.
200
Water rolling down after rain.
What is Run-off.
200
Where planes fly and our weather is.
What is the Troposphere.
300
A very common type of storm with strong rain.
What is a Thunderstorm.
300
Low cloud that forms at the earths surface.
What is Fog.
300
Storms and other events in a certain time and place.
What is Weather.
300
Water falling down as rain, snow, hail, etc.
What is Precipitation.
300
The layer where all the satellites are.
What is the Exosphere.
400
A storm traveling over a large body of water.
What is a Hurricane.
400
Cotton-puff type clouds that signal good weather.
What are Cumulus Clouds.
400
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer.
400
The stage after Evaporation.
What is Condensation.
400
The second layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Stratosphere.
500
Another name for a Hurricane.
What is a Typhoon.
500
Dark, large clouds that signal Tornados and Thunderstorms.
What are Cumulonimbus Clouds.
500
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a Barometer.
500
The water that falls underground and is used everyday.
What is Ground Water.
500
The Northern Lights come from there.
What is the Ionosphere.
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