Water Cycle
What is the name of the cycle that water follows?
The Water Cycle.
What is the name of precipitation that falls from clouds like water droplets?
Rain.
What is the type of cloud that is thin, wispy and high in the air?
Cirrus.
What is the type of instrument used to measure the amount of water or precipitation?
Rain Gauge.
What type of severe weather brings cold wind and lots of snow or ice?
Blizzards.
What is the name of Water Cycle stage where water rises up into the air?
Evaporation.
What is the name of precipitation that falls from clouds when it starts to get cold? Hint, this is the light flakey one.
Snow.
What is the type of cloud that is big and fluffy like a marshmallow?
Cumulus.
What is the type of instrument used to show the direction the wind is moving?
Weather Vane.
What type of severe weather brings a lot of lightning and thunder?
Thunderstorms.
What is the name of Water Cycle stage where water starts to form clouds in the air?
Condensation.
What is the name of precipitation that falls from clouds when frozen?
Ice.
What is the type of cloud that is low to the ground and gray?
Stratus.
What is the type of instrument used to measure the temperature?
Thermometer.
What type of severe weather is formed with high winds and creates a funnel shape in the clouds?
Tornadoes.
What is the name of Water Cycle stage where water falls from the sky like rain?
Precipitation.
What is the name of precipitation that falls from clouds in frozen ball-like shapes?
Hail.
What is the type of cloud that is large and can carry stormy weather in it?
Cumulonimbus.
What is the type of instrument used to measure the speed of the wind?
Anemometer.
What type of severe weather brings lots of wind and rain, and is formed over the warm ocean waters?
Hurricanes.
What is the name of Water Cycle stage where water gathers on the ground in lakes, ponds, or other bodies of water?
Accumulation.
What is the name of precipitation that falls from clouds like frozen rain?
Sleet.
What is the name of the Water Cycle when clouds are formed?
Condensation.
What is the type of instrument used to measure the atmospheric pressure in the air?
Barometer.
What type of severe weather can from from big storms and has a lot of water covering the ground?
Floods.