water cycle
What is it called when the sun turns water into water vapor?
Evaporation
What is a cloud?
A term used to describe a global network of servers, each with a unique function.
The state of the air at a certain time and place
weather
Most common type of storm
thunderstorm
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
basement
What is it called when rain or snow falls?
Precipitation
What are cirrus clouds made of?
Ice crystals
Scientists who study weather
Meteorologists
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
tornado
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building?
the lowest level of the building
What is transpiration?
Water from plants and trees also enters the atmosphere.
What does circumlocutions clouds mean
fair weather
Instrument that shows wind direction
wind vane
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
hurricane
April through June
the months that the most tornadoes occur?
What is runoff
Runoff occurs when there is more water than land can absorb.
What does nimbostratus clouds mean?
persistent rain
Measures wind speed
anemometer
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
flood
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
pull over and get out of the vehicle
What is condensation?
the process where water vapor becomes liquid.
Define Hybrid Cloud.
A hybrid cloud is one in which applications are running in a combination of different environments.
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
Another name for a hurricane
typhoon
Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes
Fujita scale