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Water Cycle CloudsWeather
VocabularyStormy Weather
TornadoSafety and
Trivia
Nature’s way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water
vapor
What is evaporation?
Amount of water vapor in
the air
What is humidity?
The process of water vapor turning into
water droplets
What is condensation?
Water that is found
underground
What is groundwater?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky;
rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are
known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the
sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on
the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Cloud that forms at the earth’s
surface
What is fog?
Tall, dark clouds that mean
thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus
clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
Instrument that shows wind
direction
What is a wind vane?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
The weather of a place over a
long time
What is climate?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
Spinning cloud with a funnel
shape
What is a tornado?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies
of water
What is a hurricane?
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount
of rainfall
What is a flood?
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
Where you should go during a
tornado if you are in a school or
public building
What is the lowest level of the building?
April through June
What are the months that the most tornadoes
occur?
What you should do if
you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
Scale used rate the damage and
speed of tornadoes
What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?
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