Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Hodgepodge
100
What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?
The sun.
100
Which type of clouds cover the lower part of the sky; from which rain or snow falls from them and forms fog?
stratus clouds
100
What is the state of the air at a certain time and place?
Weather
100
What is most common type of storm?
a thunderstorm
100
True or false: Weather changes daily and perhaps hourly.
True
200
What is the process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
Evaporation
200
Which clouds are white, puffy and look like piles of cotton; and are known as fair-weather clouds?
cumulus clouds?
200
What are scientists who study weather called?
meteorologists
200
What is a spinning cloud with a funnel shape?
a tornado
200
True or False: On a cloudy day precipitation will happen when the temperature falls.
true
300
What is amount of water vapor in the air called?
humidity
300
Which clouds are thin, feathery high altitude clouds (appear high in the sky) AND are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
Cirrus clouds
300
What is an instrument that shows wind direction?
wind vane
300
What is a large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of warm water?
a hurricane
300
What are large bodies of air with the same temperature, moisture, and pressure called?
A. fronts
B. air masses
C. clouds
D. hot air balloons
B. air mass
400
What is process of water vapor turning into water droplets?
Condensation
400
Cloud that forms near the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Which tool measures wind speed?
an anemometer
400
What happens when water overflows that is caused by a large amount of rainfall?
a flood
400
When one air mass meets another it forms a(n)
A. air mass
B. storm
C. front
D. climate
C. front
500
What is water that is found underground?
groundwater
500
What are tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain, strong winds, and even hail is coming?
Cumulonimbus clouds
500
What is the weather of a place over a long time called?
climate
500
What does this represents?
A. warm air mass
B. cold air mass
C. a cold front
D. a warm front
D. a warm front
500
When a cold front passes through temperatures will
A. increase
B. decrease
C. remain the same
D. spike temporarily
B. decrease