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The 4 main steps of a water cycle
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and storage?
Any form of water that falls to the Earth
What is precipitation?
This is water in the form of an invisible gas
What is water vapor?
When liquid water changes to water vapor
What is evaporation?
Clouds form at this stage of the water cycle
What is condensation?
A scientist who studies and reports weather conditions
Who is a meteorologist?
Represent this
What is a warm front?
Symbol represents this type of weather
What is damp and cloudy?
Represents this
What is a cold front?
They connect locations with the same temperature
What are the black curving lines on a weather map?
A large and billowy cloud
What is cumulus?
The type of cloud that are flat layers that form blankets low in the sky
What is stratus?
High, feathery clouds made of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds?
These clouds bring rain
What are nimbostratus clouds?
Is nicknamed “Thunderhead”
What is cumulonimbus?
An instrument used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
Looks like this
What is a barometers?
A tool that measures the amount of rain or snow that falls to the ground
What is a rain gauge?
A device that shows the direction from which the wind is blowing
What is a wind vane?
Tools we would use if the weather report says, “It is 65 degrees F, with winds from the SW at 10 mph”
What are a thermometer, wind vane and an anemometer?
Water vapor that is in the air
What is humidity?
A thick blanket of air that surrounds the earth
What is atmosphere?
The area where two air masses meet
What is a front?
A huge body of air that has nearly the same temperature and humidity
What is an air mass?
The air pressure during a storm
What is a low pressure?