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3. Water that falls from the sky.
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation
D. Conservation

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5. Water that falls from the sky is called precipitation.

6. The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor.
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Rain, sleet, snow

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8. Evaporation

9. The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Formation

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11. Condensation

12. Clouds are formed in what process?
A. Precipitation
B. Condensation
C. Evaporation
D. Water vapor

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14. Condensation

15. Which form of precipitation begins in air that is above 32 F but falls through a layer of air that is colder?
A. Sleet
B. Rain
C. Snow
D. Hail

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17. Sleet

18. Clouds are formed during which part of the water cycle?
A. Condensation
B. Precipitation
C. Evaporation
D. Humidity

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20. Condensation

21. Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or sleet fall from them
A. cumulus
B. stratus
C. cirrus
D. cumulonimbus

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23. Stratus Clouds

24. White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds.
A. cumulonimbus
B. cirrus
C. stratus
D. cumulus

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26. Cumulus Clouds

27. Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way.
A. cumulus
B. cirrus
C. stratus
D. cumulonimbus

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29. Cirrus Clouds

30. Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
A. Cumulonimbus
B. cumulus
C. stratus
D. cirrus

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32. Cumulonimbus

33. Scientist who study weather
A Meteorologist
B Astronomer
C Biologist
D Weatherologist

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35. Meteorologist

36. Boundary that separates two air masses
A. Low
B. Back
C. Front
D. High

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38. Front

39. Large area of air that has the same temperature and humidity
A. Water vapor
B. Air pressure
C. Front
D. Air mass

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41. Air mass

42. Scientific predictions of weather
A. Good guess
B. Forecast
C. Meteor shower
D. Data

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44.
Forecast

45. Part of Earth’s atmosphere where weather happens
A. meteorsphere
B. thermosphere
C. troposphere
D. Ozone layer

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47. troposphere

48. Instrument that measures temperature
A. anemometer
B. hydrometer
C. thermometer
D. Wind vane

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50. thermometer

51. Instrument that measures precipitation
A. anemometer
B. Rain gauge
C. barometer
D. Wind vane

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53. Rain Gauge

54. Instrument that measures air pressure
A. barometer
B. hydrometer
C. thermometer
D. anemometer

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56. Barometer

57. Instrument that measures wind speed
A. Hydrometer
B. Thermometer
C. Anemometer
D. Barometer

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59. Anemometer

60. Instrument that measures humidity
A. thermometer
B. barometer
C. anemometer
D. hydrometer

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62. hydrometer

63. Where do tornadoes usually form?
A. Over flat land
B. Over the ocean
C. In the mountains
D. In the forest

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65. Over land

66. Where do hurricanes usually form?
A. Over land
B. Over water
C. In the
mountains
D in the forest

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68. Over water

69. Big storms form over which kind of pressure system?
A. Low pressure
B.High pressure
C. Soft pressure
D Hard pressure

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71. Low pressure

72. Precipitation that is formed by up and down air currents
A. Rain
B. Hail
C. Sleet
D. Snow

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74. Hail

75. Storms that have the most powerful winds (reaching 300 mph)
A. Blizzard
B. Hurricane
C. Tornado
D. Thunderstorm

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77. Tornado