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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Fronts and Air Masses
Special Features
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

Causes long periods of steady rain

Warm front

100

What conditions are required for a hurricane to form?

Hot, moist conditions, and rapid cloud formation

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

Brings violent storms

Cold front

200

Which ocean current brings warm water to North Carolina that keeps our winters warmer?

The Gulf Stream

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

An air mass that develops over land near the equator

Continental tropical 

300

Weather phenomena that makes ocean temperatures warmer than normal.

El Nino

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

An air mass that develops over water near the tropics

Maritime Tropical

400

Weather phenomena that makes ocean temperatures cooler than normal.

La Nina

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

An air mass that develops over water near the poles

Maritime polar

500

A fast-moving stream of air that forms a barrier between hot and cold air masses 

The Jet Stream