Name that device!
All about that Precipitation
The Water Cycle
YUM- AIR!
Weather or Climate?
100
We use this to measure temperature.
Thermometer
100
Name all four types of precipitation:
Hail, Snow, Rain, Sleet
100
When water from a lake or river changes from a liquid into a gas we call this process?
Evaporation
100
Hot air ________.
Rises
100
Short-term changes in Earth's atmosphere.
Weather
200
This device measures wind speed.
Anemometer
200
What type of fluffy precipitation is formed when the weather is below -0 degrees Celsius?
Snow
200
What step of the water cycle forms clouds?
Condensation
200
The gas that makes up the largest component of air is what?
Nitrogen
200
In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through the city of New Orleans destroying homes.
Weather
300
This device is used to measure wind direction.
Wind Vane
300
What type of cloud usually causes rain?
Nimbus
300
What step of the water cycle is caused when water evaporates from plants and trees?
Transpiration
300
What percentage of air is made of oxygen?
21%
300
Earth's global temperature has gone up an average of 3 degrees Celsius over the past 30 years.
Climate
400
This device measure air pressure.
Barometer
400
What type of precipitation occurs when strong updrafts cause super cooled water droplets to form crystals of hard ice that rise up and down in the cloud until they become so heavy they fall?
Hail.
400
What do you call the step of the water cycle that results in rain, sleet, snow and hail?
Precipitation
400
Air that moves in a large amount is called ________.
Wind
500
What instrument is the arrow pointing to?
Wind vane.
500
What is the rarest type of precipitation?
Sleet
500
What do you call water that does not soak into the soil but instead moves on the Earth's surface toward streams and lakes?
Run off
500
Warm air rises because?
It weighs less than cold air.