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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Fronts and Weather Maps
Extra Vocabulary
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The constanst movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth's surface.
What is the water cycle?
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Stratus Clouds
What kind of clouds look long and flat? They hang low in the sky and usually mean some rain or snow is coming?
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Weather
The state of the air at a certain time and place
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A Front
This is where two air masses meet.
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air mass
What is a large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity througout?
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Evaporation
What is the process by which a liquid changes into a gas?
200
Cumulus clouds?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
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Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
A warm and cold front
What are two types of fronts?
200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is a stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Cirrus clouds
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are mostly made of ice crystals
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An instrument that tells how fast the wind is blowing
What is an anemometer?
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To help meteorologists forcast weather
What are weather maps used for?
300
hygrometer
What is an instrument for measuring humidity?
400
Condensation
What is the process by which a gas changes into a liquid?
400
Fog
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
400
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
400
the ground data from satellites in space
Meteorologists use tools in these places to help them forecast the weather.
400
a front
What is a place where two air masses meet?
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Precipitation
What is water that falls from clouds to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow?
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Water vapor
Clouds form in air with a lot of ________________?
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The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
High and Low air pressure
On a weather map a H and L mean what?
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Water vapor
What the invisible gas form of water?