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Weather
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle Cont.
Climate and Seasons
The Earth
100
The measurement of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature
100
I power the water cycle
What is the sun
100
The layers of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround the Earth like a blanket is called what?
What is the atomosphere
100
What is the coldest season?
What is winter
100
Earth's shape--Similar to that of a ball
What is sphere
200
Powerful storm that forms over land, in a funnel shape
What is a tornado
200
Clouds that are white and puffy with a flat bottom
What is cumulus clouds
200
What is water called in it's gas form?
What is water vapor
200
The pattern of weather at a certain place over a long period of time is called its what?
What is climate
200
A line through the center of a spinning object is it's
What is axis
300
What are 2 characteristics about hurricanes. They have ______ and ______
What is high winds, heavy rains
300
The changing from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation
300
Stratus clouds that are formed near the ground are called what?
What is fog
300
Places on Earth with _____ climates are hit directly by the Sun's rays.
What is warm/hot
300
Earth's axis is not straight up and down, it is slightly what?
What is tilted/slanted
400
This tool is used to measure wind?
What is an anemometer
400
The changing from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
400
What are the three forms that water can be?
What is liquid, solid, gas.
400
The climate becomes what in areas that are high in the atmosphere?
What is colder
400
If the Sun's rays strike at an angle, instead of straight on these places are what?
What is cooler
500
The three ways you can describe weather
What is precipitation, air pressure and wind
500
Give four types of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, hail
500
Name the three parts of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation
500
Climate is described by what 2 things?
What is average temperature and amount of precipitation
500
Earth spins around on its ______, a ______ through the center of a spinning object.
What is axis, line