100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200pt 200 pt 200 pt Important Vocabulary Eleanor M. Savko What Are Clouds? Water in Clouds 11/24/2017 What Causes Storms? All Lessons 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200pt 200 pt 200 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt

Water that is in invisible and in the form of a gas

Answer: Water vapor

A form of water that falls from clouds to the ground

Answer: precipitation

A huge storm that forms over ocean water

Answer: hurricane

A mass of many water droplets or bits of ice that float in the air.

Answer: cloud

To change from a gas to a liquid

Answer: condensation

How does water evaporate?

Water evaporates with the help of the sun’s heat and wind. Answer: Water evaporates with the help of the sun’s heat and wind.

What happens when water vapor condenses Daily Double What happens when water vapor condenses

It changes from a gas to a liquid and Answer: It changes from a gas to a liquid and a cloud forms.

Patchy, feathery clouds, Name the cloud: Patchy, feathery clouds, Found high in the sky

Answer: cirrus

Low gray clouds that bring bad weather for days

Answer: stratus

Describe Cumulonimbus Clouds

Fluffy, huge top, dark gray bottom, bring thunderstorms and heavy rain Answer: Fluffy, huge top, dark gray bottom, bring thunderstorms and heavy rain

too heavy to stay in the clouds? What happens to water too heavy to stay in the clouds?

Answer: Precipitation

How does the Water Cycle begin?

Answer: When water evaporates.

What is the process of reusing water called?

Answer: The Water Cycle

Where can most water be found?

Answer: In the oceans.

Name 3 types of precipitation

Answer: Rain, sleet, snow, hail

Where do hurricanes form?

Answer: Over warm water oceans

What is the most common type of storm?

Answer: thunderstorms

How can you stay safe during a thunderstorm?

Answer: Get out of water Don’t stand under trees Go inside immediately Stay away from metal objects

How do storms form?

Answer Storms form when warm air rises and cool air rushes in.

How do you stay safe during a tornado?

Answer: Go to the basement or inside a closet, crouch low, keep away from windows

What is a blizzard?

A very cold storm with strong winds and heavy snow. Answer: A very cold storm with strong winds and heavy snow.

What are the 3 main steps in the water cycle?

Answer: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

Which storm has the strongest winds?

Answer: tornadoes

What is the difference between evaporation and condensation?

Answer: Evaporation is when a liquid changes to a gas and condensation is when a gas changes to a liquid.

How are hurricanes and tornadoes alike and different?

Alike: Both have strong winds, cause lots of damage Answer: Alike: Both have strong winds, cause lots of damage Different: Hurricanes form over water, Tornadoes form over land and move on a very narrow path