Types of Precipitation
This precipitation falls as water drops from clouds.
What is rain?
A storm with rain, thunder, and lightning
What is a thunderstorm?
This tool measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
If it is very cold and snowing, you should wear this type of clothing.Name at least 3
What are a coat, hat, mittens/gloves, and boots?
This stage happens when the sun heats water and it turns into water vapor and rises into the air
What is evaporation?
Small frozen pellets that are between rain and snow
What is sleet?
A storm that starts over the ocean and has strong winds and heavy rain
What is a hurricane?
This tool tells the direction the wind is blowing
What is a wind vane?
People check the weather forecast to know what activity to do outside or what to wear
What is tracking the weather?
This stage happens when water vapor cools and forms clouds
What is condensation?
Balls of ice that fall during thunderstorms
What is hail?
A funnel shaped windstorm that forms over land
What is a tornado?
This tool measures how much rain has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
Farmers watch the weather to help their crops do this
What is grow?
This stage of the water cycle is when water falls from clouds as rain or snow
What is precipitation?
Frozen ice crystals that fall from clouds in cold weather
What is snow?
A snowstorm with heavy snow and strong winds
What is a blizzard?
Scientists collect this information about weather over time.
What is weather data?
Too much rain in a short time can cause this
This stage happens when rain or melted snow collects in rivers, lakes, or oceans
What is accumulation?
This is the word for any time of water that falls from the sky
What is precipitation?
A long time with little or no rain
What is a drought?
Tracking the weather helps people prepare for these
What are storms?
This describes what the air is like outside
What is weather?
The water cycle is the way water moves between these two places again and again
What are air and land?