Weather patterns

Clouds

100

Altostratus cloud

large mid level sheets of cloud.  

200

Cirrus 

detached clouds formed as a white filament. 

300

Cumulus

cauliflower shaped clouds 

400

Stratus

low level layers in gray or white. 

500

Cumulonimbus 

multilevel clouds extending high into the sky in towers or such. 

Weather

100

What is the water cycle? 

Cycle of water. 

200

True  or False. The water cycle ends in precipitation. 

False. Water cycle never ends. 

300

Fill in the blanks. Water is ____ and through _____, it's turned into a cloud. The cloud will then participate in precipitation. It could be ____ or _____. 

1. Evaporation

2. Condensation

3. Rainfall

4. Snowfall

400

What does the air parcel do?

The air parcel is a bubble of air that retains it shape as it sinks or rises in the atmosphere. 

500

Name all the atmosphere layers. 

1. Troposphere  

2. Stratosphere

3. Mesosphere

4. Thermosphere

5. Exosphere  

Vocab

100

Condensation

gas to liquid 

200

Evaporation

liquid to gas 

300

Air parcel

bubble of air

400

Troposphere 

Lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere levels. 

500

1. Pattern 

2. Stability

3. Change

4. Energy

5. Transfer

1. A similar/repeated design. 

2. State of being stable 

3. alter; make different

4. the ability to make things move or change

5.  move from one place to another