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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Severe Weather
Atmosphere
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100

I am the lowest layer of the atmosphere. I contain the vast majority of mass in the atmosphere.

What is the troposphere?

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200

I am the highest layer in the atmosphere. I have no definite boundaries, and am often considered to be part of outer space.

What is the Exosphere?

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300

I burn up the majority of meteoroids. I am the hottest layer of the atmosphere.

What is the thermosphere?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400

I contain the Ozone layer. Humans rarely interact with me directly, unless they are flying in a large jet airplane.

What is the stratosphere?

500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500

Another name for a hurricane. Starts with a T-. 

What is a typhoon?

500

I am the third layer of the atmosphere from the ground. I am the coldest layer, because I have so few air particles to absorb energy.

What is the mesosphere?