Water Cycle
When water turns from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
When heat is transferred through touch
What is conduction?
These winds come from the west and bring weather
What is prevailing westerlies?
Most tornadoes are located where
What is tornado alley?
A thin feather like cloud that mean rain or snow in a few days
What is a Cirrus cloud?
When water changes from a gas back to a liquid by cooling and forming clouds
What is condensation?
When heat is transferred not by touching
What is radiation?
These winds come down from the poles and bring blizzards
What are polar easterlies?
A storm created over warm ocean waters at the equator and spins
What is a hurricane?
Big puffy white clouds that bring good weather
What is Cumulus?
The process water goes through on a continuous cycle
What is the water cycle
When heat is transferred by warm air rising and cool air falling
What is convection?
These winds move towards the equator
What are trade winds?
A storm created where warm air and cold air meet over land
What is a tornado?
When winds moves from the land to the sea
What is land breeze?
When a liquid leaves a plant in the form of a gas
What is transpiration?
Standing by a fire is an example of
What is radiation?
This is the reason winds move in a curved pattern
What is the Coriolis Effect?
When positive charges collide with negative charges in the clouds
What is lightning?
When water droplets get caught in a updraft before falling to the Earth
What is hail?
When a cloud releases a liquid in many different forms
What is precipitation?
Boiling water is an example of
What is convection?
the movement of air
What is wind?
These storms are rated by EF0-EF5
What is a tornado?
When winds moves from the sea towards the land
What is Sea Breeze?