Weather

Water Cycle

100

Water vapor released from plants

What is the traspiration?

200

The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor

What is evaporation?

300

Rivers are a result of this part of the water cycle

What is runoff?

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

What is condensation?

500

Rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail

What is precipitation?

Clouds

100

Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow can fall from them

What are stratus clouds?

200

White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds

What are cumulus clouds?

300

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?

400

Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface

What is fog/stratus clouds?

500

Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

Weather Vocabulary

100

The state of the air at a certain time and place

What is weather?

200

Scientists who study weather

Who are meteorologists?

300

The shape of the land

What is topography?

400

This determines your climate zone

What is latitude?

500

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

Factors of Climate

100

When wind and water rotate in different directions in the Northern & Southern Hemisphere.

What is the Coriolis Effect?

200

This absorbs and releases heat energy quickly.

What is land?

300

This ocean current influences the weather on the eastern Atlantic shoreline of the US.

What is the Gulf Stream?

400

This is the coldest climate zone.

What is polar?

500

This is why weather moves from West to East across the United States.

What is the prevailing winds?

Fronts

100

Type of weather you can expect with a cold front

What is thunderstorms followed by cool air?

200

This front usually brings long periods of precipitation.

What is stationary front?

300

This front occurs when a cold front catches up to and overtakes a warm front.

What is an occluded front?

400

This front takes place when warmer air moves into an area.

What is a warm front?

500

Which front would most likely bring cumulonimbus clouds?

What is a cold front?