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Water Cycle
Weather
Clouds
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Miscellaneous
100
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
What is evaporation.
100
A line with triangles represents this front.
What is a cold front.
100
This is what clouds are made of.
What is water vapor and dust.
100
An instrument used to measure temperature in degrees on a Fahrenheit or Celsius scale.
What is a thermometer.
100
A measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
200
The process of giving off water vapor, by plants, into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration.
200
A line with half circles represents this front.
What is a warm front.
200
Made of tiny chunks of ice. Thin, wispy clouds that sit up high in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds.
200
An instrument used to indicate which direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane.
200
Warm air mass moving over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front.
300
The process of water falling to the Earth as rain, ice, sleet, or snow.
What is precipitation.
300
A line with alternating triangles and half circles represents this front.
What is a stationary front.
300
White puffy clouds that resemble cotton balls. They float in bright sunny skies and mean good weather.
What are cumulus clouds.
300
An instrument used to measure if the pressure in the air is going up or down.
What is barometer.
300
A curved appearance that liquids make when placed in a cylinder vessel.
What is a meniscus.
400
Water collecting in large amounts, such as oceans.
What is accumulation.
400
A place where two air masses meet.
What is a front.
400
Low sitting clouds in the sky. Covers the sky like a gray blanket. They are usually dark gray or black and indicate rain is coming.
What are stratus clouds.
400
An instrument used to measure wind speed and direction.
What is an anemometer.
400
An instrument for measuring humidity.
What is a hygrometer.
500
Precipitation that is not absorbed into the ground that travels along the ground into streams, lakes, and the ocean.
What is runoff.
500
The pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time.
What is climate.
500
Large dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms . As they break apart, large amounts of precipitation are released.
What are cumulonimbus clouds.
500
An instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge.
500
A never-ending process where water moves constantly through the environment.
What is the water cycle.