Vocabulary
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail falling from the sky.
Precipitation
What do we call the cycle in which nature recycles water?
Water cycle
How many seasons are there on Earth? What do we call them?
Four seasons. Winter, spring, summer, and fall.
What do we call white puffy clouds that mean good weather?
Cumulus clouds
What do we call a bad thunderstorm that brings a spinning column of air?
tornado
This measures how hot or cold something is.
Temperature
What is the first step of the water cycle?
When liquid water changes into vapor water and goes up in the sky.
What is the warmest season of the year?
Summer
What do we call dark clouds that cover the whole sky, and usually mean bad weather is coming?
Stratus clouds
Where should you stay during a lightning storm?
in the water, indoors, or under trees
This causes day and night:
Earth's __________________.
rotation, orbit
What is the second step of the water cycle?
When water vapor turns into liquid water inside of a cloud.
In which season do flowers start to bloom?
Spring
What do we call clouds that look like stripes in the sky and mean that the weather is about to change?
Cirrus clouds
How long does it take for Earth to complete a rotation?
24 hours, 365 days
24 hours
An imaginary line that an object spins around:
orbit, or axis
Axis
What is the third step of the water cycle?
When clouds get really big and liquid water comes down from clouds as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
Precipitation
Fall
If you see this cloud in the sky, you know that bad weather is coming:
cumulus, stratus, or cirrus?
Stratus
The path that Earth takes around the Sun is called:
orbit, rotation
Orbit
When water changes from a gas into liquid, we call it:
evaporation, condensation
condensation
What is the last step of the water cycle?
When water comes down from the clouds and go back to the rivers and ocean.
Collection
The days are shorter in the _____________________ seasons.
colder, or warmer?
colder
If you see this cloud in the sky, you know that the weather is about to change:
cumulus, stratus, or cirrus?
Cirrus
Very strong storms can turn into a:
tornado, hurricane
Hurricane