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Water Cycle
Precipitation
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
Weather Words
100
sun
What heats the Earth's water?
100
fog
What are water droplets that float near the ground called?
100
Measures the direction that wind is blowing
What is a wind vane?
100
Weather map
What do we call something that shows us how the weather will be in a particular place using symbols?
100
A person who studies weather
What is a meterologist?
200
Condensation
What happens when a gas changes into a liquid?
200
snow
What are soft white crystals that fall to the Earth?
200
Barometer
What instrument measures air pressure?
200
Warm front
What is it called when warm air slides over cold air?
200
This is created when water is boiled
What is water vapor?
300
32'
What is the temperatrure that water freezes at?
300
Small pieces of frozen rain that fall to Earth during a thunderstorm
What is hail?
300
It says 89'
What is a thermometer?
300
A blue line with triangles
How is a cold front shown on maps?
300
The average temperature and rainfall of a given place at a given time
What is weather?
400
Evaporation
What happens when a liquid changes into a gas?
400
Water that falls from clouds to the Earth in drops
What is rain?
400
Rain guage
What instrument measures how much rain has fallen?
400
Stratus clouds
What kind of clouds form as a warm front passes through?
400
The sun heats ocean water but not evenly.Wind pushes the water and causes this.
What is a current?
500
The droplets are all shouting, "Oh, no, this cloud is getting too heavy. We're going to ...."
What is falling back to Earth as precipitation?
500
You cannot have precipitation unless you have these in the air
What are clouds?
500
Measures how fast the wind is blowing
What is an anemometer?
500
High and low temperatures, wind speed, wind direction, warm and cold fronts
What do you see on a weather map?
500
Climate
What is the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years?