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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)?