What are clouds?
Collections of water droplets and/or ice crystals floating in the sky.
What kind of clouds are these? How do you know? What kind of weather do they indicate?
Cirrus; they're thin and wispy; windy weather, or an upcoming change in weather.
What kind of clouds are these? How do you know? What kind of weather do they indicate?
Stratus; they're low and like a blanket; cloudy weather, maybe some precipitation.
What kind of clouds are these? How do you know? What kind of weather do they indicate?
Cumulus; they're white, puffy, and have flat bottoms; fair weather, maybe thunderstorms if the pile up and become dark.
Name three of the four steps of the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection.
Why is the water cycle called a cycle?
Because it keeps going, around and around. It's a pattern that repeats regularly.
Name three types of severe weather.
Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, etc.
What is precipitation? Name three kinds.
Water falling from the sky: rain, sleet, hail, snow.
What is evaporation? Give one example.
Liquid changing to gas.
What is condensation? What causes it?
Gas changing to liquid; cooling temperatures.
