Vocabulary
an amount of air that moves as a unit
True or False: All air contains water?
True: All air contains water
The three main stages of the water cycle are _________, _________, and __________ .
What are EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, AND PRECIPIATION
_____ are made of small liquid water droplets that fall to the ground as rain
What is CLOUDS?
Tiny liquid water droplets suspended in the air
When water vapor in an air parcel (warms or cools) it can condense into liquid water.
Cools
Give me one example of evaporation
1. puddle on a sunny day
2. boiling a pot of water
the process by which a gas changes into a liquid
Energy transfers from ______ air to _________ air until the temperature becomes equal
warm cool
clouds are made of ______
Give me one example of condensation
1. water beads forming on a glass on a hot day
2. window in a warm house on a cold day
3. the air parcel demo (with the plastic bags)
Why are dark clouds often a sign of storms?
They are thick and full of water droplets, which can lead to storms
the ability to make things move or change
the more an air parcel _________ energy and cools, the more rainfall can happen.
loses
Higher clouds have ______ (more/less) energy
What are LESS
What are the three main states of water?
Solid, liquid, and gas
Explain how a cloud forms
Water evaporates (water vapor in the air)
then the warm air parcel looses energy and cools (the energy becomes equal with the surrounding temperature)
The water vapor condenses into little droplets to form a cloud
the process by which a liquid changes into a gas
What is the gas form of water
water vapor!
Why do different types of clouds form at different heights in the atmosphere?
differences in temperature and air conditions (pressures)