Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Weather Conditions
Miscellaneous
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
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100

Describe the weather of a desert.

high heat, little to no rain, little humidity, and low air pressure. 

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

Measures humidty

Hydrometer

200

What is the driving force of humidity?

evaporation of water

200

What are examples of solid precipitation?

hail and sleet

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

What does low air mean and what should I carry with me?

Lousy, stormy, carry an umbrellas

300

How does sleet form?

when rain freezes as it falls to Earth

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

What does high air pressure mean and what should I carry with me?

Happy, sunny, carry sunglasses. 

400

Oklahoma is a grassland/prairie that receives 17 inches of rainfall a year. Florida is a coastal plain that receives 65 inches of rainfall a year. Describe the humidity of each place.

low in Oklahoma, high in Florida

500

Name all the steps if the water cycle.

1.precipitation 2. accumulation 3. evaporation 

4. condensation 5. transpiration 6. runoff

500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500

What measures air pressure

Barometer

500

Why will is rain in Ohio but snow in Pennsylvania?

Temparture

500

What is the difference between humidity and precipitation?

Humidity= gaseous water mixed in the air

Precipitation=liquid or solid water that falls from the sky