Water Cycle
The process where liquid water turns into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
This measures how hot or cold something is, and we usually check it with a thermometer.
What is temperature?
This instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Moving quickly out of the way to not get hit OR this bird that quacks.
What is a duck?
This major highway runs through Biddeford, Maine, and takes you all the way down the East Coast from Maine to Florida.
What is Route 1?
Clouds form during this step of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
These small balls of ice form inside strong thunderstorms when layers of frozen water are repeatedly lifted and coated with more ice before falling to Earth.
What is hail?
A sudden, powerful rotating column of air touching the ground.
What is a tornado?
Something you wear OR a slang phrase meaning "that's a lie," "that's false," or "you're exaggerating."
What is cap?
As a child Mr. Minor wanted to do what as a professional when he grew up?
What is a Dolphin Trainer/ play with dolphins?
The step where water falls from the sky.
What is precipitation?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
A giant swirling storm that forms over warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
The thing you plug your Chromebook in with, or a person on this football team in the AFC West.
What is a Charger?
This figure, immortalized in a nursery rhyme, sold baked goods on Drury Lane in London’s West End during the 19th century.
Who is the Muffin Man
The movement of water across the ground back into bodies of water.
What is runoff?
The force that moves air from high pressure to low pressure.
What is wind?
The boundary where warm and cold air masses meet.
What is a front?
An official stamp of approval OR an ocean mammal (very cute)
What is a seal?
Maine ranks 4th with 3,478. California ranks 5th with 3,427. Alaska ranks 1st with 33,904.
What is "Miles of Coastline"?
The continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth’s surface.
What is the water cycle?
The tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This effect makes winds and storms rotate because Earth spins.
What is the Coriolis effect?
This flying mammal hunts insects at night… AND it’s also the wooden or metal stick used to try to change the outcome of a nine-inning contest.
What is a Bat?
The space ranger from a popular 1995 animated film was named after this real-life American astronaut who walked on the Moon in 1969.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?