Water Cycle
The way on water moves on, above and below the earth.
What is the water cycle?
What instrument measures temperature?
What is a thermometer?
What are clouds made of?
What is moisture and dust particles?
How are clouds sorted?
What is by shape and height?
The conversion from a liquid to a gas. (Sun shining on the ocean and turning the liquid water into water vapor)
What is evaporation?
the condition of our planet's atmosphere and its constantly changing.
What is a Weather?
What type of instrument measures the wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
thick, foggy, usually the lowest cloud to the ground, cover the sky like a blanket
What are stratus clouds?
How do we measure the direction of wind?
What is the way the wind is blowing from?
The conversion of gas to a liquid. When water vapor rises, it gets cooler which means the water vapor starts to turn into liquid. (hint it forms on the outside of a glass or window sometimes)
What is condensation?
What the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.
What is climate?
What instrument measures the air pressure?
What is a barometer?
puffy like popcorn, cotton ball shape, seen in hot weather, associated with a sun halo
What are cumulus clouds?
What is the effect of the Greenhouse Gas?
What is temperature level rising (Global Warming)?
The 4 main types of precipitation are?
Rain, snow, sleet and hail.
What type of instrument measures the wind direction?
What is a wind vane?
light and feathery, thin, sunlight passes through. High level cloud.
What are cirrus clouds?
What is wool?
The process of water that is collecting in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans and other bodies of water.
What is accumulation?
What type of weather will low pressure bring?
What is stormy, wet weather?
What instruments collect the amount of precipitation?
What are Rain Gauges?
dark, black, thunderstorm clouds, low in the sky, lots of moisture. Usually produces a lot of precipitation.
What is a Nimbus cloud?
The earth’s _________ and _____________ around the sun affects the seasons.
What is tilt and revolution?
When we are tilted towards the sun it’s summer and away from the sun it is winter