Water Cycle
Water that is found underground.
What is groundwater?
The major movement of air
What is wind?
Measures air pressure
What is Barometer?
These form when the Water vapor in the air condenses.
What are Clouds?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets.
What is Condensation?
Name at least 3 types of winds
What is Polar Easterlies,Prevailing westerlies,Trade winds,Tropical winds,etc.?
Measures wind direction
What is Wind vane/Wind sock?
Form in blanket-like layers and mostly bring Precipitation
What are Stratus Clouds?
The amount of Water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity?
Dry, cold, prevailing winds that blow from the high pressure areas at the North and South poles towards the Low pressure areas.
What are Polar Easterlies?
Measures amount of precipitation
What is rain gauge?
What are cirrus clouds?
When water turns into an invisible gas called water vapor.
What is Evaporation?
The winds blow steadily towards the equator from north east in the northern hemisphere and south east in the southern hemisphere. They move from High pressure belts to low pressure zones at the equator.
What are trade winds?
Measures wind speed
What is Anemometer?
Low to mid level clouds. they are white and puffy and most likely mean Fair- weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
The main source of energy for biotic factors on Earth
What is the Sun?
These winds blow from east to west in the middle latitudes measuring about 35 and 65 degrees latitude. They are responsible for bringing most of the weather in the United States.
What are prevailing Westerlies?
Measures the amount of humidity
What is Hygrometer/Sling Psychrometer ?
Also known as Thunderheads . They bring thunderstorms,heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?