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Forms of Precipitation Water Cycle

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Clouds

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$100Tool used to

measure temperature.

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$100What is a

thermometer?

$200Tool used to measure only

wind direction.

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$200What is a wind

vane?

$300 Tool used for measuring air

pressure.

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$300What is a

barometer?

$400Tool used for

measuring wind speed.

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$400 What is an

anemometer?

$500Tool used for

measuring humidity.

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$500What is a

hygrometer?

$100Most common form of precipitation in temperate areas.

$100What is rain?

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$200Frozen precipitation that grows as a result

of updrafts within clouds.

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$200What is hail?

$300Frozen

precipitation that forms in small

crystals.

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$300What is snow?

$400Typically begins as

snow, melts, and then refreezes

before it hits the ground.

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$400What is freezing

rain or sleet?

$500Two variables that affect the type of

precipitation.

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$500What are the altitude

where the precipitation forms and the

temperature of the atmosphere?

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This is what clouds are made of.

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$100 What are tiny

water droplets or ice crystals?

$200Clouds that form at high altitudes, usually mean fair weather, and are made of ice crystals.

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$200What are cirrus

clouds?

$300Clouds that most

often bring rain or snow.

$300What are stratus?

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$400Prefix or suffix that

means rain.

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$400What is nimbo- or

-nimbus?

$500Clouds that can form

from the lowest altitude and build to the highest.

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$500 What is cumulus?

$100 The process of water changing

from a liquid to a gas.

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What is evaporation?

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$200Process that speeds up

as a result of wind, heat, or sunlight?

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$200What is

evaporation?

$300 Water the falls to

the ground.

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$300What is

precipitation?

$400The drops of water on

the outside of this glass.

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$400What is

condensation?

$500The amount of

water vapor in the air at any given

time.

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$500What is humidity?

$100Cooler land and warmer ocean

water.

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$100What is a sea

breeze?

$200Cooler temperatures

at the top of mountains result in

more of these.

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$200What are clouds?

$300The distance above

sea level.

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$300What is altitude?

$400In this picture, the side of the mountain that will most likely experience the most rain and

snow.

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What is Side A?

$500The typical effect on air

pressure and temperature as elevation increases.

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$500What is they

decrease?

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willing to risk?

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of what you have!

The name we give the weight of the

atmosphere called and the tool we use

to measure it.

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What is air pressure and a barometer?