Water Cycle
The process of liquid water turning into a gas.
What is evaporation?
I measure how much it rains.
What is a rain gauge?
Thin, wispy clouds found at very high heights in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
This is the most common type of severe weather often associated with heavy rainfall, lightning, and potential hail.
What is a thunderstorm?
When a faster cold air mass runs into a slower warm air mass and slides underneath it.
What is a cold front?
The process of water falling to the ground from the sky as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
I measure the direction the wind is blowing.
Big, puffy clouds that look like sheep or cotton balls.
What are cumulus clouds?
This is a tropical cyclone that form over warm sections of the ocean and move westward due to the Coriolis Effect.
What are hurricanes?
When a fast-moving warm air mass overtakes a slower cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
The last step of the water cycle:
What is collection?
I measure the windspeed.
What is an anemometer?
Long, flat clouds that often cover up much of the sky.
What are Stratus clouds?
What is a tornado?
When two air masses meet, but neither one can move the other.
What is a stationary front?
The process by which water vapor becomes liquid water, like the process that fogs up a mirror after a hot shower.
What is condensation?
I measure the humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
Large, tall, puffy and dark clouds that indicate thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This is the phenomenon that occurs due to cold, dry air blowing across warm water resulting in higher volumes of snow falling.
What is lake-effect snow?
This type of front is associated with severe weather.
What is a cold front?
This living thing is 55-65% water, with the brain being about 75% water, highlighting its essential role in biological functions.
What is the human body?
I measure the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
The color of clouds is _______ and the sky color is _____________before a tornado.
What is dark and green sky.
This is the term for a tornado that forms over a body of water.
What is a water spout?
This front generally brings low ceilings, poor visibility, and rain.
What is a warm front?