Vocabulary
Weather
The Water Cycle
Misc
Climate & Seasons
100
What the air is like at a certain time and place
What is weather
100
A blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround Earth
What is the atmosphere
100
A collection of tiny water drops or ice crystals in the air
What is a cloud
100
Describe the water cycle
Water that moves from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again. Evaporates, condenses, falls, flows...
100
Earth spins around its
What is axis
200
water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere
What is precipitation
200
A measurement of how hot or how cold something is
What is temperature
200
The changing of a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
200
A powerful storm with rotating winds that forms over land
What is a tornado
200
Earth is shaped like a
What is sphere
300
a collection of tiny water drops or ice crystals in the air
What is cloud
300
The water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere
What is precipitation
300
The changing of a gas to a liquid
What is condensation
300
A large storm with strong winds and heavy rain that forms over the ocean
What is a hurricane
300
Name something that effects climate
What is sun, high places, mountains
400
Time of the year with different weather patterns
What is season
400
Moving air
What is wind
400
water in the gas form
What is water vapor
400
A storm with lots of snow, cold temperatures and strong winds
What is a blizzard
400
Do seasons depend on where you live. Give an example
What is yes
500
The pattern of weather at a certain place over a long time
What is climate
500
The weight of air pressing down on Earth
What is Air pressure
500
List the three types of clouds
What is stratus, cirrus, cumulus
500
What instrument is used to measure the amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge
500
List a climate
What is tropical, desert, temperate, polar