Show:
Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Air masses
Miscellaneous
Safety and
Trivia
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

Which air mass would rise? Warm air or cold air?

What is warm air?

100

Which would heat up faster when outside under the sun - black or white construction paper?

What is black construction paper?

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

This air mass moves quickly and is more dense

What is a cold air mass?

200

In which season do we find the most humidity?

What is summer?

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 measures precipitation

What is a rain gauge?

300

A large body of air that is the same temperature and has the same level of moisture

What is an air mass?

300

Water that comes from land back into bodies of water is called

What is run off?

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

Making a prediction about weather is called a

What is a forecast?

400
When a warm air mass slides above a cold air mass ______ form

What are clouds?

400

When water vapor evaporates into the atmosphere from plants it is called

What is transpiration?

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

When two air masses meet it is called a?

What is a front?

500

When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass ______ happen

What is storms?

500

Name all possible forms of precipitation

What is snow, sleet, rain and hail?