is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.
What is evaporation
100
It’s responsible for most of the earth's weather, even though it is 93 million miles away
What is sun
200
tells you wind direction
What is wind vane
200
a storm with lots snow
What is blizzard
200
a person who studies weather is a
What is meteorologist
200
Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called
What is condensation
200
The time the sun appears above the horizon
What is sunrise
300
measures rainfall
What is rain gauge
300
a violent storm with a rotating column of air (a funnel) that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. They are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph.
What is a tornado
300
a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm and it kills 75 to 100 people a year
What is lightning
300
occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
What is precipitation
300
The time the sun disappears below the horizon
What is sunset
400
measures wind speed
What is anamometer
400
a storm that forms over the ocean with strong wind and heavy rainfall
What is a hurricane
400
tiny water droplets or, at colder temperatures, ice crystals floating in the air above the surface
What is clouds
400
Much of the water that returns to Earth as precipitation runs off the surface of the land, and flows down hill into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. This is called a ....
What is runoff
400
The regular rise and fall of the Earth's oceans caused by the moon's and sun's gravitational pull
What is tide
500
measures humidity
What is barometer
500
these often occur after intense rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms
What is flooding
500
A period when a region has a lack of rainfall
What is drought
500
plants absorb water from the soil, the water moves from the roots through the stems to the leaves.