Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Fronts
Severe Weather
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
What is a warm front?
100
These are violent funnel shaped clouds that produce extremely high winds
What is a tornado?
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
What is a cold front?
200
These are tropical storms that bring high winds and heavy rains
What is a hurricane?
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
This front produces cloudy weather and looks like a cold and warm front combined
What is a stationary front?
300
This scale measures the intensity of a tornado
What is the fujita scale?
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
This is formed when two air masses collide
What is a front?
400
How do hurricanes get their strength?
What is they need warm tropical waters?
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
This front brings with it rainy weather
What is a cold front?
500
What is the most dangerous category of hurricane?
What is a Category 5?