Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are four examples of falling water.
What is precipitation?
100
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth's surface; the layer where weather happens.
What is the troposphere?
100
The motion of one celestial body (such as Earth) around
another (such as the Sun).
What is revolution?
100
Most common type of storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
The solid state of water.
What is ice?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
The thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth; the protective covering for the planet.
What is the atmosphere?
200
The spinning of a celestial body, such as Earth, about its axis.
What is rotation?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape.
What is a tornado?
200
When heat transfers from hot areas to cold areas by touch.
What is conduction?
300
Provides the energy that drives the water cycle.
What is the sun?
300
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere; contains a layer of ozone, but almost no moisture or dust.
What is the stratosphere?
300
The day with the longest number of hours of daylight. In the Northern Hemisphere, happens on or around June 21st.
What is the summer solstice?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water.
What is a hurricane?
300
The gaseous state of water.
What is water vapor?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets.
What is condensation?
400
The outermost layer of the atmosphere, where the atmosphere makes the transition to space.
What is the exosphere?
400
A period of the year marked by the equinoxes and solstices or by atmospheric conditions. There are four distinct periods in a year in New York.
What is a season?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
What is a flood?
400
This heats the Earth during the day through radiation.
What is the sun?
500
Water that is found underground.
What is groundwater?
500
A layer of the atmosphere within the thermosphere; noted for its large number of electrically charged ions. The aurora borealis and australis, or northern and southern lights, form in this layer.
What is the ionosphere?
500
When the Sun appears overhead at the equator and day and night is equal length everywhere.
What is the equinox?
500
A storm with a large amount of precipitation, temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius, and wind speeds of 35mph or more.