atmosphere
water cycle
clouds
precipitation
humidity/temperature
100

What is the gas people and animals use to breathe?

What is oxygen.

100

True or False, there is no new water on Earth.

True
100

What is fog?

A cloud on the ground

100

What is the water that is on the grass in the morning called?

dew

100

What do scientist measure temperature with?

thermometer

200

What gas do plants use to make food?

What is carbon dioxide.

200

What does the sun do in the water cycle?

What is heat the water.

200

You can often see cumulus clouds on a (sunny, rainy) day.

What is sunny

200

What happens to rain that falls through a very cold layer of air?

freeze

200

When it is humid, there is a lot of (rain, water vapor) in the air.

water vapor

300

How many layers are in our atmosphere?

What is 4 or 5

300

What is the process called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

What is evaporation

300

Dark heavy clouds are called (status, nimbus) clouds

nimbus

300
Name a 2 forms of precipitation.

rain, sleet, snow, hail

300

What scale do we measure temperature on in the USA?


Fahrenheit

400
Name two factors that determine weather.

What is temperature, moisture, air pressure or wind

400

What is a cloud made of?

What is thousands of water drops packed tightly together.

400
Cumulonimbus clouds produce summer (hurricanes, thunderstorms).

What is thunderstorms

400

All snowflakes have __________ sides.

6

400

What temperature does water freeze?

0 degrees C or 32 degrees F

500

Name one layer of the atmosphere.

What is troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere or thermosphere

500

When does a cloud produce rain?

The water drops in the cloud become so heavy they begin to fall.

500

Name 2 types of clouds.

cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus

500
What is another word for rain, sleet, hail and snow

precipitation

500

The type of weather you are having right now depends on the kind of _______________ that is over your area.

air mass