Water Cycle
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement (or interior room of the house)?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
April through June
What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?
Amount of water vapor in the air
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
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?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
A tornado has been spotted by observers or indicated by weather radar.
What is a tornado warning?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?