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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Precipitation
Bonus
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100

Water vapor that condenses on the ground

What is dew?

100

A large _________ can weigh up to 700,000 tons - more than 3,000 jumbo jets.

What is a cloud?

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200

Smallest form of liquid precipitation

What is drizzle?

200

The deepest snowfall in one day was over ________ inches.

What is 100?

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
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?
300

In the study of weather, scientists measure temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, and ___________.

What is precipitation?

300

Wilson Bentley discovered that every snowflake is __________

What is unique?

300

Very heavy raindrops can be as big as ______ inch in diameter.

What is 1/4 inch?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400

These fly in the stratosphere

What are jets or planes?

400

A prolonged lack of precipitation

What is a drought?

400

The top of the mesosphere is the __________ part of the atmosphere

What is the coldest?

500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
500
All of the _____________in the world produce more carbon dioxide than cars & factories combined.

What are termites?