Weather

Water Cycle

100

Nature’s way of recycling water is the process known as ____________.

What is the water cycle?

200

This is what is in control of the entire water cycle

Who is the sun?

300

The process of changing liquid water into a gas know as water vapor

What is evaporation?

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

What is condensation?

500

Water that is found underground

What is groundwater?

Clouds

100

Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky

What are stratus clouds?

200

White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds

What are cumulus clouds?

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?

400

Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface

What is fog?

500

Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

Weather Vocabulary

100

The state of the air at a certain time and place

What is weather?

200

Scientists who study weather

Who are meteorologists?

300

This is water that falls from clouds

What is a precipitation?

400

The amount of water vapor in the air

What is an humidity?

500

Moving air

What is wind?

Weather Tools

100

Tool that measures temperature

What is a thermometer?

200

Instrument that shows the wind direction

What is a wind vane?

300

A tool used to collect and measure the amount of precipitation

What is a rain gauge?

400

This instrument is used to collect how fast the wind is blowing

What is a anemometer?

500

This is what is used to measure air pressure

What is a barometer?

How do clouds form

100

This is the first step in clouds forming

What is the sun comes out and the temperatures increase?

200

This is the second step in clouds forming

What is water vapor enters the air through the process of evaporation?

300

This is the third step in a cloud forming

What is as the warm air rises the temperature begins to cool?

400

This is the fourth step in clouds forming

What is water vapor turns back into a liquid through the process of condensation?

500

This is the final step in clouds forming

What is water droplets collide and stick together to form a cloud?