Clouds
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
This is the reason why tropical climate zones are very wet and humid.
Sunbeams shine directly on them, causing water evaporation and rainfall.
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
This type of severe storm has a spinning column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Animals with blubber or thick fur llive in this climate.
What is polar?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
This is where hurricanes form,
What is over the warm oceans?
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is the lowest level of the building or in a room with no windows?
Where do clouds come from?
Clouds are made of tiny liquid water drops. When the water on the surface of the earth evaporates, it rises into the air and forms a cloud.
Trees that lose their leaves in the autumn are found in this type of climate?
What is temperate?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
This type of storm has low temperatures, strong wind, and heavy snowfall.
What is a blizzard?
April through June are the months that this typical severe weather occurs.
What are tornadoes?
The difference between a stratus and a statonimbus cloud?
A stronimbus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, and causes rain.
It is hot in December and in June in this type of climate.
What is tropical?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
This cloud usually causes rain all day long becuase the clouds are very wide so they spend a long time over one area.
What is stratonimbus?
Animals that live here don’t pant to cool off, otherwise they would lose water
What is desert?
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
Scale used to rate the damage and speed of tornadoes
What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?