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Clouds
The Water Cycle
The Wind Cycle
100
This tool is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
This word describes what the air is like outside.
What is 'weather'?
100
These are low, gray clouds that stretch across the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The suns heat makes water ________ from the ocean.
What is evaporate?
100

All winds are caused by differences in this.

What is air pressure?

200
This tool measures wind direction.
What is a wind sock?
200

This is the act of water changing into a gas/water vapour.

What is evaporation?

200
These are thin, feathery clouds high in the sky. They are usually seen on sunny days.
What are cirrus clouds?
200

The _______ heats the water causing it to turn from a liquid to a gas.

What is the sun?

200

Wind occurs because of this object's uneven heating of the atmosphere.

What is the sun?

300
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
This is the way water moves from the air to the land and back to the air.
What is the water cycle?
300
These puffy white clouds look like cotton or sheep and can bring thunderstorms.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
This is the term used when water vapor changes into tiny drops of water.
What is condensation?
300

Hot air ______ and cold air _______.

What is rises and falls?

400
This tool measures amounts of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
400

Pattern of weather that occurs over a long time such as years and centuries

What is climate?

400
These are large, dark, gray clouds that bring rain.
What are nimbus clouds?
400

Drops of water in the clouds become heavy and fall during this phase of the cycle.

What is precipitation?

400

This type of local wind happens when the water is warmer than the land.

What is a land breeze?

500

This tool measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

500
This means a change from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
500
Clouds are made up of these.
What are water droplets, dust, and other particles.
500
Rain and melted snow restart the water cycle when they flow into streams, _______, and _______.
What are lakes and oceans?
500

During the day, the land is much warmer than the ocean which results in this type of wind that blows from the water onto the land.

What is a sea breeze?