Vocabulary
Weather
What is a large group of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals that float in the air called?
Cloud
What controls the water cycle?
Sun
How many seasons are there in the Northern Hemisphere?
Four (4)
Where is most of Earth's water?
In the ocean
What is the study of the atmosphere called?
Meteorology
Which clouds spread across the sky like a thin blanket?
Status Clouds
What are the four types of precipitation?
Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
In the Northern Hemisphere, summers are what?
Warm or hot
What do you call it when water goes from a solid state to a liquid state?
Melting
What describes how water goes from liquid to gas and back to liquid again?
The Water Cycle
Which clouds are huge, tall, and fluffy?
Cumulus Clouds
What is it called when a gas changes to a liquid?
Condensation
In the Northern Hemisphere, winters are what?
Cool or cold
What do you call it when water goes from a liquid state to a solid state?
Freezing
What weather instrument measures air pressure?
Barometer
Which clouds bring rain or fog?
Stratus Clouds
What is the movement of extra water from Earth's surface, where the water eventually makes it back to the ocean?
Runoff
What are the three ways we describe weather?
Clouds
Precipitation
Temperature
What do you call it when water goes from a liquid state to a gas state?
Evaporation
What do you call the weather event that happens when warm air rises and cool air moves in to replace it?
Wind
Which clouds are low, gray, rain clouds?
Nimbus
What do you call the process where water evaporates from the surface of a plant?
Transpiration
Why are summer days warm and long in the Northern Hemisphere? (Two reasons)
The Earth is tilted and Earth orbits around the sun
What do you call it when water goes from a water vapor to liquid water?
Condensation