Nature’s way of recycling water (A continuous process).
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.
Forms light rain all day.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
A body of air with the same properties throughout.
What is an Air Mass?
100
When a warm air mass glides over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front
200
The process of water changing into a 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
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
The place where two air masses meet.
What is a front
200
Forms over water with low pressure.
What is high humidity
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 measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
What you measure when you want to know the rate of air movement.
What is wind speed?
300
Air pressure that brings on sunny, dry weather.
Hint: The water vapor is under pressure.
What is high pressure?
You might want to bring your sunglasses!
400
The process of water vapor ( a gas) turning into liquid water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
Measures wind speed (Km/hour)
What is an anemometer?
400
When a cold air mass moves below a warm air mass and cause brief, violent weather (storms).
Hint: The symbol usually has triangles on a blue line.
What is a Cold Front
400
The symbol that have half circles on a line (sometimes shown in red).
What is the symbol for a Warm Front?
500
Water that rises through a natural opening from the ground.
Hint: Wakulla has one and some people buy this type of water
What is spring?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
Measures the amount of water vapor in the air (humidity).
What is a hygrometer?
500
Causes the formation of mild, steady weather conditions (rain or snow).
What is a Warm Front.
500
450 Pts. To know whether a thunderstorm will occur, you
should ask about these....
550 Pts. What question should you ask to determine if a thunderstorm is forming?
450 Pts. What are clouds?
550 Pts. What type of clouds are in the sky