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Parts of the Water Cycle
States of Matter
Weather Instruments
Clouds
The Weather Map
100
The process of Earth's water continually moving from the atmosphere to the surface and back again.
What is the water cycle?
100
This is water in a gaseous state.
What is water vapor?
100
A weather instrument that tells the direction from which the wind comes.
What is a weather vane?
100
Water vapor that has condensed or changed from a gas to a liquid.
What is a cloud?
100
This is what "High" on a weather map means.
What is an area of fair weather?
200
The driving force of the water cycle.
What is the energy from the sun?
200
The temperature at which water freezes.
What is 0* C or 32* F?
200
A weather instrument that measures the amount of rain that falls.
What is a rain gauge?
200
A cloud that has formed low to the Earth's surface or ground.
What is fog?
200
This is what happens if a "Low" comes after a "High".
What is stormy weather?
300
The process of heat energy form the sun causing water to change from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
The temperature at which liquid water boils.
What is 100* C or 212*F?
300
A weather instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Puffy white clouds we see in fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
A place where different air masses meet.
What is a front?
400
The process of water falling back to the Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
400
The removal of heat energy from water vapor changing it from a gaseaous to a liquid state.
What is condensation?
400
A weather instrument that takes pictures of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a satellite?
400
Gray sheets of clouds that cover the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
400
A line with triangles attached on a weather map.
What is the symbol for a cold front?
500
The process that must happen to form cloud droplets?
What is condensation?
500
What must happen before water can change from one state to another?
What is the gaining or losing of heat?
500
You can use this instrument to predict weather by noticing a rise or fall in air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
They are the highest clouds and appear in fair weather. They made particles of ice instead of drops of water.
What are cirrus clouds?
500
A line with semi circles attached on a weather map.
What is a warm front?