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Vocabulary
Different types of clouds
The Water Cycle
Stormy weather
Weather safety
100
A scientist who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
How many types of clouds are there on Earth
What is four?
100
Nature's way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
100
Most common type of storm
What is thunderstorm?
100
Where should you go during a tornado if you are at home
What is the basement or a room with no windows?
200
The day-to-day conditions of a particular place
What is weather?
200
What type of clouds are piled up on top of each other
What is cumulus clouds?
200
Heat from the Sun causes water on Earth to evaporate and rise into the sky
What is evaporation?
200
A violently rotating column of air
What is a tornado?
200
Where should you go if there is a tornado while you are at school?
What is go to the lowest level of the building or a room with no windows?
300
The condensation of water droplets above Earth's surface
What is clouds?
300
This cloud looks like a a huge gray blanket that hangs low in the sky
What is stratus clouds?
300
Water falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet
What is precipitation?
300
An overflowing of a large amount of water
What is a flood?
300
What do you do if there is a tornado while you are in a car
What is pull over?
400
Long-term pattern of weather in a particular area
What is climate?
400
These clouds are very high up in the sky and look thin and wispy
What is cirrus clouds?
400
As water vapor in the clouds cools down it becomes water again
What is condensation?
400
Large tropical storms with heavy winds
What is a hurricane?
400
Area in the United States where tornados are most common
What is tornado alley?
500
A measure of the concentration or amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
500
These clouds mean that a thunderstorm is coming
What is nimbus clouds?
500
Oceans and lakes collect water that has fallen
What is collection?
500
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
500
Scale used for rating tornado intensity
What is Fujita scale (F-scale) ?