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Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Biomes
Climate Zones
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

The Florida Everglades is this.

What is a wetland or swamp?

100

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres

What is the equator?

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

Instrument that measures air pressure

What is a barometer?

200

This region experiences high heat and very dry conditions.

What is a desert?

200

The climate zone found at the poles

What is the polar zone?

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

This region, whether temperate or tropical, has many trees.

What is a forest?

300
The climate zone found near the equator

What is the tropical zone?

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

Instrument that measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

400

This region may also be called a prairie.

What is a grassland?

400

The climate zone found between the poles and the equator

What is the temperate zone?

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 period of time

What is climate?

500

This biome is found in the polar regions.

What is a tundra?

500

The measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator

What is latitude?