water cycle
Nature´s way of recycling water
what is the water cycle?
Gray clouds thats cover the lower part of the sky; rain of snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
The percentage of Earth that is water
What is 75%?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is the evaporation?
White, puffy clouds thats look like piles of cotton; they are known as fairweather clouds
What arer cummulus clouds?
Scientists who study the weather
Who are meteorologist?
Most of our drinking water comes for here
What is groundwater
The percentage of all water that is freshwater
What is 3%?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is 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?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is wind vane?
large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
Something the Water Cycle never ever does
what is stops?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Clouds that forms at the earth´s surface
What is fog?
It measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
The place where a river meets an ocean
What is an estuary
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is a climate?
another name for hurricane
What is a typhoon?
The pharmacist who gave names to the three main types of clouds
What is Luke Howard?