Water Cycle
Clouds
Air Masses/ Fronts
Tools
Random
100
The never ending process that recycles the Earth's water supply.
What is the Water Cycle?
100
Piled up puffy clouds, that usually bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
_________is a large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout.
Air Mass
100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The condition of the air at a specific time around us.
What is weather?
200
The part of the water cycle that changes liquid water into a gas call water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky. They usually bring rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
200
The border where two air masses meet are called ______________________. This is where most weather changes occur.
Front
200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200
The average or typical weather in a particular area.
What is climate?
300
The part of the water cycle that changes water vapor into liquid droplets forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
300
High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Extreme weather conditions such as thunderstorms or heavy snow occurs when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and creates a (cold or warm) front.
cold
300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Cold Front
400
The part of the water cycle where tiny drops of water collect into large enough droplets to fall to the ground as; rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
400
Stratus clouds that are low to the ground
What is fog?
400
When a warm air mass slowly moves over a cold air mass it creates a (cold : warm) front, which results in light but steady rain or snow.
warm
400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
warm front
500
Water that is found in seas, oceans, rivers, ponds, etc.
What is collection?
500
Cumulonimbus clouds.
What are thunderstorm clouds?
500
A prediction of what weather will be for a certain day, week, or a longer period of time.
Forecast
500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500
The study of weather.
What is meteorology?