Science Tools
What tool tells you the temperature?
Thermometer
Natures way of recycling
water cycle
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.
What are stratus clouds?
What is the most common storm?
A thunderstorm
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
What are beakers used for?
Mixing, transporting, and reaction
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
what are cumulus clouds?
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
A tornado
Scientists who studies weather
Who are meteorologists?
What is a Bunsen burner?
A small adjustable gas burner
Amount of water vapor in the air
humidity
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vain?
Whats a Pipette
A slender tube attached to or incorporating a bulb
What is condensation?
Cloud that forms at the earth's surface
What is fog
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
What is a Petri dish?
A shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid.
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong wind
what are cumulonimbus Clouds?
Another name for hurricane
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate