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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weater Vocab
Weather Tools
Weather Mix
100
Water that falls from the sky.
What is rain?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain and sleet fall from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
A scientist that studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
the tool used to measure wind direction
What is wind vane?
100
the clothes worn when it is 54 Celsius outside
What is shorts and a t-shirt?
200
During the ________, water is moved between the Earth and sky over and over again.
What is the water cycle?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; also known as fair weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientific prediction of weather
What is a forecast?
200
the tool used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
200
to change an material from a solid to a liquid you would
What is add heat?
300
When water changes from a gas back to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; a sign that rain or snow may be coming soon
What are cirrus clouds?
300
frozen rain drops
What is hail?
300
the tool that measures the amount of precipitation that fell to Earth
What is a rain gauge?
300
water changes from a liquid to a solid when you ________ heat
What is lose?
400
When the sun heats the Earth and changes water into a gas.
What is evaporation?
400
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are coming
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
400
a very strong wind
What is a gale?
400
the tool that measures the wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
a _______________ cannot change its shape on its own
What is a solid?
500
The part of the water cycle when clouds are formed.
What is condensation?
500
Gray blanket-like clouds that mean rain, fog or snow
What are nimbostratus clouds?
500
a scale of measuring temperature where the freezing point is 0
What is Celsius?
500
the chart that helps describe the force of the wind
What is the wind scale?
500
a _________________can take the shape of the container it is in
What is a liquid or gas?