Weather & Climate

Question 1

Write down the 3 main steps of the water cycle

Answer 1

1. Evaporation- the sun evaporates water from the ground, sea, lakes etc. then turns the water into clouds.
2. Condensation- when water vapour comes to gear her and forms a cloud.
3. Precipitation- when a cloud releases all of the water vapour that it can no longer hold in the form of rain, hail/sleet or snow
4. The water gets absorbed into the ground or runs down a mountain into the sea, lakes etc.

Question 2

What are clouds measured in?

Answer 2

Oktas

Question 3

What are clouds made up of?

Answer 3

Small water droplets suspended in the air. (Water vapour)

Question 4

What are the 4 main types of clouds

Answer 4

Stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus and cirrus clouds

Question 5

What is a stratus cloud

Answer 5

A low, grey, layered and shapeless that usually brings a drizzle of rain, it is like a blanket of cloud over an area

Question 6

What is a cumulus cloud?

Answer 6

They are white, fluffy and look like cotton wool, they can bring showers

Question 7

What is a cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 7

These clouds climb high into the atmosphere and often bring heavy rain and thunderstorms

Question 8

What is a cirrus cloud?

Answer 8

High up in the sky, they are wispy and make from ice crystals.

Question 9

How is water evaporated?

Answer 9

Rays from the sun warm a mass of water, this turns it into water vapour. (Gas)

Question 10

How are clouds formed?

Answer 10

The water vapour cools and condenses, as it rises it forms water droplets which gather together and form clouds.

Question 11

What is transpiration?

Answer 11

When water gets evaporated from damp ground, trees and plants.

Question 12

What is precipitation?

Answer 12

As the clouds pick up more water it starts to become too heavy and the cloud releases it in the form of rain, although if it is in a colder area it could fall as hail/sleet or snow