Water Cycle
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
How do water striders walk on water?
What is surface tension?
What is a thermometer?
A tool used to measure temperature
Who are meteorologists?
Scientists who study weather
Three forms of water
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Direction water moves on a slope.
What is down?
What is a rain gauge?
A weather tool that measures rain fall.
Why do meteorologists observe and mesure the weather?
So they can predict the weather.
Three-quarters of the planet is covered by this
What is water?
Water vapor condenses in the air to form these.
What are clouds?
What is water pulled down by?
What is gravity?
What is a wind vane?
Instrument that shows wind direction
Why do meteorologists forecast the weather?
So people can prepare
Ninety-seven percent of the planet's water in the ocean is this type of water.
What is salt water?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
What is an anemometer?
It measures speed and wind.
What is temperature?
A measure of how hot the air is.
The ocean makes up this percent of the Earth's water.
What is 97%?
Water falls back to Earth's surface in these three forms.
What are rain, snow, and sleet?
Identify the three parts of the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
Weather is measured using these three tools.
What are thermometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges?
What three things do meteorologists measure?
What is temperature, wind speed, and how much rain falls?
Three places fresh water can be found.
What are ponds, streams, lakes, and rivers?