1. 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt CloudsWeatherTools Water Cycle Climate Zones

2. Which clouds are the fluffy, cauliflower-looking clouds that forecast "fair weather"?

3. Cumulus

4. Which clouds look like thin, white sheets covering the whole sky that seldom produce much rain or snow?

5. Stratus clouds

6. Which clouds build up on hot days when warm, wet air rises very high into the sky producing thunderstorms and sometimes hail?

7. Cumulonimbus Clouds

8. Which clouds are always more than three miles up where the temperature is below freezing?

9. Cirrus clouds

10. Cloud forms when humid air that contains water vapor is ____________.

11. cooled

12. What are the building blocks of weather?

13. clouds, precipitation, and wind

14. Which type of precipitation builds up ice layers as it travels through updrafts in a storm before it falls?

15. Hail

16. What is the name of the instrument used to measure temperature?

17. thermometer

18. What is wind?

19. Moving air

20. What is a storm with very strong winds and lots of rain that forms over an ocean?

21. hurricane

22. What is the name of the instrument used to help measure the wind speed?

23. Anemometer

24. Name two types of precipitation.

25. Rain Snow Hail Sleet

26. What is the name of a tool that measures air pressure?

27. barometer

29. oceans ground

30. What is a tool called that measures the amount of rainfall called?

31. Rain gauge

33. What climate has moderate precipitation and has a range of temperatures?

34. Temperate

35. What climate is warm, and has wet air and a lot of precipitation?

36. Tropical

37. Name two factors that affect climate?

38. Elevation Latitude Closeness to a body of water

39. What is the name of a scientist who uses tools to study the weather?

40. meteorologist

41. What are the three main climates?

42. Polar, Temperate, and Tropical

43. What climate has moderate precipitation and has a range of temperatures?

44. Temperate

45. Which climate always has cold temperatures? They can be either snowy or very dry.

46. Polar

47. What climate is warm, has wet air and a lot of precipitation?

48. Tropical

49. What factor causes mountains to have cooler temperatures than places closer to sea level?

50. elevation

51. What is the name of a tool that measures air pressure?

52. barometer

53. What is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas?

54. evaporation

55. What is water in the form of a gas?

56. Water vapor

57. What is the source of energy for the water cycle?

58. Sun

59. Name two different places where water collects on Earth after falling from the sky?

60. in oceans, smaller bodies of water, and underground.

61. What is the process of changing from a gas to a liquid?

62. condensation