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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Weather instruments
Weather Maps
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

This instrument is used to measure how hot or cold the air is.

What is a thermometer

100

This brings hard heavy rain and cooler temperatures.

What is a cold front.
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

The types off precipitation.

Rain, snow, sleet, hail

200

On a weather map, this looks like a H

What is high pressure.

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
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300

Where should you hang a thermometer?

In the shade.

300

What is the direction weather moves?

North West to South East.

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
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400

This instrument is used measure the amount of precipitation over a period of time.

What is a rain gauge.

400

This brings gloomy, drizzle, fog, and warmer temperatures.

What is a warm front?

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

This instrument is used to measure the pressure in the air.

What is a barometer

500

On a weather map, this symbol looks like a L

What is low pressure.