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Water Cycle
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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

The condition of the air around us at a specific time.

What is weather?

100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The weight of air of any one spot.
What is air pressure?
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

When rain freezes and strong winds carry them higher into a cloud, eventually falling down as chunks of ice.

What is Hail?

200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200

High pressure air rushing through the air.

What is wind?

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
A mixture of gases. 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen
What is air?
300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300

 atmospheric gases trap heat radiated from Earth's surface, keeping the planet warm enough to sustain life.

What is greenhouse effect?

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
Rain clouds.
What are nimbus clouds?
400
The layer of air around the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400

Ozone Layer of the Atmosphere

What is Stratosphere?

500
Water that is found underground/
What is groundwater?
500
Cumulonimbus clouds.
What are thunderstorm clouds?
500
The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500

A funnel shaped windstorm that emerges from a thunderstorm. 

What is a tornado?