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Water Cycle
Clouds
Predicting the Weather with Clouds
Water in General
Winds
100
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, accumulation
What are the water cycle steps?
100
Cumulus
What are fluffy lower clouds called?
100
Likely to have rain
What does altocumulus mean for the weather?
100
3% of the Earth's water
What is freshwater?
100
Cooler air moves in and takes the place of warmer air that is rising
What is the cause of wind? BONUS: Why does this happen? BONUS 2: What is a name for this air movement other than wind?
200
The sun heats the water
What is the first step for evaporation?
200
Stratus
What cloud is flat and low?
200
Guaranteed to have rain
What does cumulonimbus mean for the weather?
200
97% of Earth's water
What is saltwater?
200
A weather instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
One step
How much steps are part of accumulation?
300
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300
Overcast at best
What does stratus mean for the weather?
300
Billions of years
How long has our water been on Earth?
300
The six bands that wind circles in
What are the prevailing winds? BONUS: How many prevailing winds are on each hemisphere?
400
Dust
What do droplets attach to during condensation?
400
A giant thunder cloud
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
400
USUALLY fair weather
What does cumulus mean for the weather?
400
Saltwater
What water takes up oceans?
400
The wind bands blowing from the North and South Poles
What are the polar easterlies?
500
When large enough for gravity to pull them down
When do droplets stop joining together in precipitation?
500
An ice cloud
What is a cirrus cloud?
500
Can mean a change in the weather
What does cirrus mean for the weather?
500
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500
Winds that were once relied on
What are the trade winds?