Vocabulary | What is the Water Cycle? | How is the water cycle related to weather? | How do land features affect the water cycle: | Short answer |
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What is the instrument that measures air pressure?
Barometer
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Which of the following is NOT a kind of precipitation?
Air
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Which of the following temperatures, is the lowest at which liquid rain is likely?
32 to 45 degrees F
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Air over water is cooler than over land during the day.
This creates a ----------
sea
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Name two types of severe storms.
Tornado and Hurricane
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What is the process in which water moves from the surface of Earth to the air and back?
The water cycle
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What happens when water vapor cools?
Condensation
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What is a tropical storm with wind speeds of 74 miles per hour or more?
Hurricane
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In the evening, air over water is warmer than air over land. This creates a --------------------
land
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What can you do to stay safe during severe weather?
Name at least 2.
Listen to local weather stations, listen for sirens, find a safe place to go.
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What is a large body of air?
Air Mass
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What will happen when you heat up liquid water to a
high temperature?
It will evaporate
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Where do most storms form?
Fronts
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Warm, wet air is pushed up the side of a mountain.
The water vapor--------
The water vapor condenses and it rains.
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Will a pond evaporate faster on a warm, sunny day, or a warm, cloudy day?
Warm, sunny day.
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What is water that falls back to Earth?
Precipitation
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What is water that flows through rock underground?
Groundwater
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What causes flooding during a hurricane?
Rain and storm surges
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If a ____ air mass moves into an area, the temperature cools.
Cold
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Why is rainwater not salty if it comes from the ocean?s
When water evaporates from the ocean, salts are
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What is the process in which liquid changes to a gas?
Evaporation
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What is the process in which liquid changes to a gas?What is
Evaporation
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How would an air mass over the Gulf of Mexico most likely be described?
Warm and moist
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If a ______ front forms, the weather is cloudy and wet for days.
Stationary
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What are 3 instruments you might use to measure weather and what do they measure?
Barometer: Air pressure, Anemometer: Wind speed, Thermometer; temperature
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