Water Cycle
Name one of the steps of the water cycle
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation or runoff
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
Name the three types of clouds
What is cumulus, stratus and cirrus
A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour aor higher; typically about 600 kilometers across.
What is a hurricane
Measures temperature; units: degree
What is thermometer
The process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor
What is evaporation?
What is moving air called?
Wind
Clouds that are fluffy, rounded piles of cotton
What is cumlus
what does an anemometer measure
What is wind speed
Name four types of precipitation
What is rain, sleet, snow and hail
What gives you a clue about what the weather is going to be?
Clouds
What are stratus clouds like?
Flat, dark and layered
what measures precipitation such as rain, snow, hail and sleet?
What is rain gauge
The kind of precipitation that falls has to do with?
The temperature
Where does groundwater go?
Into the ground and the rest flows downhill
How is humidity measured?
What is using a hydrometer to figure out how much moisture is in the air.
Explain condensation.
Water vapor in the air cools and condenses into tiny drops. These tiny drops make up clouds.
What is climate?
Climate has to do with the temperature and precipitation over many months.
Define what a cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds?
What is cumulus are fulffuy and rounded piles of cotton. Stratus are formed in flat layers and produce rain, drizzle, or snow. Cirrus are wispy, feathery clouds and are made of ice crystals.
Name an instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?