Weather

Water Cycle

100

Nature’s way of recycling water.

What is the water cycle?

200

The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor

What is evaporation?

300

Amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity?

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

What is condensation?

500

Water that is found underground

What is groundwater?

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

Instrument that measures temperature

What is a thermometer?

400

Measures air pressure

What is a barometer?

500

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

Stormy Weather

100

Most common type of storm with rain and lightning. 

What is a thunderstorm?

200

A rapidly spinning cloud with a funnel shape

What is a tornado?

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

What is a hurricane?

400

Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

What is a flood?

500

Another name for a sustained, powerful force of wind

What is a gale?