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Weather and the Atmosphere
The Water Cycle
Clouds
Precipitation
Storms
100
Weather is the condition of the ______________ around us.
What is air?
100
There is __________ new water on Earth.
What is NO?
100
There are _________ main kinds of clouds.
What is 3?
100
For rain to fall, the water drops in a cloud must reach a certain ________________.
What is size?
100
Thunderstorms take place mainly in spring and _______________ in North America.
What is summer?
200
Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air called the _______________.
What is atmosphere?
200
When clouds get too heavy to hold more water, _____________ happens.
What is rains or snows?
200
Name the 3 kinds of clouds.
What is stratus, cirrus, and cumulus?
200
All ___________ have six sides.
What is snowflakes?
200
A tornado starts over _______________.
What is land?
300
There are _____ layers of the atmosphere.
What is 4?
300
____________ is water that we can't see or feel.
What is water vapor?
300
Cirrus clouds are made of ______________.
What are ice crystals?
300
____________may fall during a thunderstorm in spring or summer.
What is hail?
300
A __________ is a large storm that starts over water.
What is hurricane?
400
About 3/4ths of the atmosphere is __________________.
What is nitrogen?
400
The water cycle is the movement of water between the ___________ and the _______________.
What is ground and atmosphere?
400
Cumulus clouds are __________, ____________, and ____________.
What is thick, white and fluffy?
400
_____________ is formed when rain falls through a layer of very cold air and freezes.
What is sleet?
400
Lightning is caused by _____________ in a cloud.
What is electric charges?
500
________________ is used by people and other animals as they breathe.
What is oxygen?
500
Explain why the water cycle is like a circle.
What is because it has no beginning or end?
500
A stratus cloud that forms on the ground is called _____________________.
What is fog?
500
Name 3 of the 4 types of precipitation.
What is rain, sleet, snow, and hail?
500
The noise that expanding air makes is called _______________.
What is thunder?