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?

Clouds

100

Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them

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

Instrument that shows wind direction

What is a wind vane?

400

Measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

500

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

Stormy Weather

100

Most common type of storm

What is a thunderstorm?

200

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 hurricane

What is a typhoon?

Jamaica Hurricanes

100

September 12,1988

What is Hurricane Gilbert?

200

September 11, 2004

What is Hurricane Ivan?

300

August 19, 2007

What is Hurricane Dean?

400

August 28, 2008

What is Hurricane Gustav?

500

October 24, 2012

What is Hurricane Sandy?