Water Cycle
What is the source of energy in the water cycle?
Sun
condensation
What tool measures rain?
rain gauge
What could we say about the weather if we see a large dark cloud?
storm is coming
What is the center of a hurricane called? What can you tell me about it?
the eye; it is the calmest
What does the sun do to the water in the water cycle?
warms it up and makes it evaporate
What type of cloud is dark, large, and fluffy?
cumulonimbus
Name the 4 types of precipitaion.
rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What type of weather can we expect if we see stratus clouds?
no blue sky, no sunshine, cool temperatures
If we say there is low air pressure, the temperature will be _______.
cooler
When water flows down the side of a mountain or hill into a body of water, it is called _______.
runoff
What type of cloud looks like a fluffy blanket?
stratocumulus
What is the difference between snow and sleet.
snow is made of ice crystals and sleet is an icy rain
Why do we track the weather?
To be able to make weather predictions.
_________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
humidity
What part of the water cycle is when the water droplets cool and collect together?
codensation
cirrus
What states of matter can precipitation fall as?
solid or liquid
If the latest temperatures have been 52 degrees and cloudy, 47 degrees and partly cloudy, 59 degrees and sunny, 51 degrees and cloudy, and 49 degrees and partly cloudy, what can we say about the weather tomorrow?
The weather will be upper 40s and 50s and probably cloudy.
How do we classify the strength of tornadoes? What is the worst type?
EF Scale (Enhanced Fujita Scale); EF5
Explain the water cycle in detail with all the terms.
The sun's energy warms the water causing it to evaporate into the air. When the water vapor cools, the water droplets cool and collect together to form clouds (condensation). When the droplets get heavy, it precipitates down to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail and runs down the mountains into a body of water, known as accumulation or collection.
What does numbus, cumulo, strato, alto, and cirro mean?
nimbus-rain, cumulo-fluffy, strato-layers "blanket, alto- above or high, cirro, feathery or wispy
How does precipitation fall to earth?
the clouds get heavy with water droplets and it falls
Why is it useful to predict the weather patterns? Give 3 reasons.
To know what to wear, to schedule events, to know how to prepare for dangerous weather, etc.
What do we call the tools invented in 1666 that measures the temperature and air pressure?
Galileo thermometer and barometer