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Clouds
Vocabulary
Weather
Water Cycle Process
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
100
This type of cloud is often associated with strong thunder storms.
What is cumulonimbus?
100
This word means "to save or preserve" a natural resource.
What is conservation?
100
Name the strong storm that forms over warm waters?
What is a hurricane?
100
Changing water from liquid to a vapor is this process in the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
100
Name the percentage of fresh water available to every living thing on Earth.
What is about 1%?
200
Clouds are formed when these two materials get together.
What are ice and dust?
200
Hail is a form of this.
What is precipitation?
200
Name the small (or sometimes large) round balls of ice that fall from the sky.
What is hail?
200
Clouds are formed during this process in the water cycle.
What is condensation?
200
In the atmosphere, water is stored here.
What are clouds?
300
Name two types of cirrus clouds.
What are Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus?
300
This layer of air surrounds the Earth.
What is atmosphere?
300
This bright flash comes from a cloud and is often seen soon after thunder booms.
What is lightning?
300
Snow, hail, rain, and sleet are examples of this piece of the water cycle process.
What is precipitation?
300
This word describes an action happening over and over again.
What is cycle?
400
What clouds form low in the sky?
What are Stratus clouds?
400
Water that flows across the ground (land) and then goes into rivers is called this.
What is runoff?
400
When rain freezes as it falls it is called this. Often it is slippery and means a snow day!
What is sleet?
400
Which process describes water as it moves from the ocean, to the air, and back toward Earth?
What is the water cycle?
400
This can threaten the amount of fresh water available for living things to use.
What is pollution?
500
The prefix "Nimbo" can be associated with which form of precipitation?
What is rain?
500
The water beneath the Earth is called this.
What is groundwater?
500
Name the fast swirling storms that often occur in places like Oklahoma and Missouri.
What is a tornado?
500
Plants are responsible for this piece of the water cycle process.
What is transpiration?
500
Name the steps in the water cycle process. Hint: there are four!
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and transpiration?