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2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Water Cycle Clouds Weather Vocabulary Hawaiian Meteorology Weather Trivia

3 It’s nature’s way of recycling H 2 O

4 What is the water cycle?

5 It’s the process of water changing into invisible gas called vapor

6 What is evaporation?

7 This is the amount of water vapor in the air

8 What is humidity?

9 It’s how water vapor turns into water droplets

10 What is condensation?

11 Water that is on its way to the aquifer

12 What is groundwater?

13 This grid measures cloud coverage

14 What is an okta grid?

15 White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton & are known as fair- weather clouds

16 What are cumulus clouds?

17 Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way

18 What are cirrus clouds?

19 Luke Howard invented this

20 What is the classification system to name clouds?

21 Cumulonimbus or stratus clouds promise this

22 What is the occurence of rain, snow or storms

23 The state of the air at a certain time and place

24 What is weather?

25 Scientists who study weather

26 Who are meteorologists?

27 Liquid, aneroid & electronic are types of these

28 What are barometers?

29 It measures wind speed

30 What is an anemometer?

31 The weather of a place over a long time

32 What is climate?

33 Weather, currents, stars & wildlife guided them

34 Who were Polynesian navigators?

35 ‘Lewa’ means this in English

36 What is a space?

37 It helped Hawaiians know when to plant or fish

38 What is the moon?

39 Heiau were used by kahuna for this kind of meteorology study

40 What is celestial observation?

41 The comet at Kamehameha’s birth was one

42 What is ho‘ailona? (an omen)

43 5 categories are used to rate the damage & speed of these

44 What are hurricanes?

45 This can crush an aluminum can if steam is condenses inside

46 What is higher air pressure?

47 Kau & Ho‘oilo are the only 2 of these

48 What are Hawaiian seasons?

49 At sea level this is about 14 lbs per square inch (psi)

50 What is atmospheric pressure?

51 This weather prediction instrument was 1st used on the Darwin expedition

52 What is FitzRoy’s storm glass?