Clouds
What clouds are puffy and white?
Cumulus Clouds
What is the process in which liquid water becomes water vapor?
evaporation
What is the process in which water vapor in the air turns into liquid water?
condensation
What is the name of an instrument used to measure the temperature of the air?
thermometer
What season is the warmest of all of the seasons?
summer
What clouds are wispy and white and located high in the sky?
cirrus clouds
What is the process in which water falls from clouds in the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail?
precipitation
What is the process in which water collects in bodies of water?
accumulation or collection
What season has leaves falling off of the trees?
fall/autumn
What clouds are low and dark that cover the sun? These clouds can bring rain or snow.
stratus clouds
What is the term used for rain, snow melt or other water that flows in the underground streams?
subsurface runoff
What is the term for the rain, snow melt or other water that flows in the underground streams?
subsurface runoff
What season can sometimes bring lots of ice and snow?
winter
What clouds are a tower of dark, puffy clouds that often bring thunderstorms?
cumulonimbus clouds
What is the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere?
transpiration
What is the process in which water vapor in the air turns into liquid water?
condensation
What is the name of an instrument used to show the direction of the wind?
wind or weather vane
What season is when most plants start to grow?
spring
What clouds are made of ice crystals?
cirrus clouds
What is the term used for rain, snow melt or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers or canals?
surface runoff
Explain the water cycle using the following words:
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff, subsurface runoff, collection/accumulation, transpiration
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What is the name of an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure (high and low pressure)? What kind of weather is common with a low pressure system (or front)?
barometer; low pressure system = bad weather
What weather tool is used to measure the humidity (water vapor) in the air?
hygrometer