Water Cycle
Weather Facts
Air masses and fronts
Clouds
Severe weather
100
Water changes from a liquid to a gas in this process
What is evaporation?
100
Humidity is the amount of this in the air.
What is water or moisture?
100
Air with similar temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
100
A rain cloud is called a _________.
Nimbus Cloud
100
Name 2 types of severe weather.
thunderstorms
tornadoes
tropical storms
hurricanes
winter storms
200
The water cycle depends on _______ to provide it energy
What is the sun?
200
When air rises, water vapour in the air will do this.
What is condense?
200
Kind of weather you have with a high pressure air mass.
What is cold and dry?
200
How do clouds form?
Water vapour rises and condenses.
200
True or false? Lightning is hotter than the sun?
True
300
The process of water molecules in the air is changed into liquid water.
What is condensation?
300
What is humidity?
Amount of water vapor in the air.
300
Weather with a low pressure air mass.
What is cloudy?
300
Name this cloud
Stratus
300
True or false? Tornadoes are only visible because of the debris it picks up?
True
400
The way in which water returns to the earth
What is precipitation?
400
This is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
Changes in weather is caused by 2 ________ colliding.
fronts
400
Name this cloud
Currus
400
True or false? Tornados are categorized on a scale of 1-10.
False
Scale of 1-5
500
The process of water vapor from plants returning to the air
What is transpiration?
500
The three factors that influence atmospheric pressure.
What is altitude, temperature and humidity?
500
What type of weather is created with a cold front?
Cooler temperatures, rain or snow.
500
Name this cloud
cumulus
500
This is a picture of a ___________?
Tornado