Wind
Wind is formed from....
High and Low Pressure
These clouds look like fluffy, white cotton balls. Mr. Slusky calls them "Story Book" clouds.
What are Cumulus Clouds
The process when water heats up and turns into water vapor.
What is Evaporation.
The tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Is it super cold or super hot, high in the atmosphere?
Super cold!!
The term for a gentle wind.
A breeze
The type of cloud that is long, flat, spread out and white.
Water falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow or hail.
What is Precipitation.
A storm with heavy winds, rain, and lightning.
What is a Thunderstorm?
All the water on planet earth is called this.
What is the hydrosphere?
The wind blows from ____ to ____ in the United States of America.
West to East
These large and fluffy clouds with towering tops can bring big thunderstorms.
What are Cumulonimbus Clouds.
Water that forms and spreads under the ground.
What is Groundwater?
When warm air rises and cool air rushes in to take its place, it creates this.
What is wind?
The term for a long period of excessively dry weather.
What is a drought?
A type of powerful wind storm with a funnel shape
What is a Tornado
What happens when clouds get too heavy with water droplets?
Rain, snow, or hail
What situation would produce the most precipitation?
What is cold atmosphere and warm ocean
The state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time, including temperature, wind and precipitation.
What is weather?
The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This instrument measures the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer
What types of clouds are formed highest in the atmophosphere?
Cirrus
These are the three main stages of the water cycle.
What is Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
A scientist that studies and predicts weather is called this.
What is a meteorologist?
What are the 3 states of matter?
What are gas, liquid, and solid