Winds, Clouds, and Water Cycle

Question 1

Is the movement of air

Answer 1

wind

Question 2

Heat makes air particles rise and move over cold particles

Answer 2

Causes of wind to form

Question 3

This type of air rises (temperature)

Answer 3

warm

Question 4

This type of air sinks (temperature)

Answer 4

cold

Question 5

Heat from the sun makes water turn into water vapor and rise in the atmosphere

Answer 5

evaporation

Question 6

The water droplets in the clouds become too heavy and fall down to Earth as rain or snow

Answer 6

precipitation

Question 7

Water vapor cools down in the atmosphere and forms into clouds

Answer 7

condensation

Question 8

When water vapor condenses around particles of air

Answer 8

How a cloud forms

Question 9

What type of wind blowing from the North, polar regions

Answer 9

Cold

Question 10

What type of wind blowing from the South, tropical regions

Answer 10

Hot

Question 11

Wind changes this when pushing clouds and air masses from one place to another

Answer 11

Weather

Question 12

The movement of air

Answer 12

wind

Question 13

This tool measures wind direction

Answer 13

Wind vines or wind socks

Question 14

During evaporation heat from the sun makes water turn into this as it rises into the atmosphere

Answer 14

gas

Question 15

When water vapor does this, clouds can form

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condenses

Question 16

the three stages of the water cycle

Answer 16

evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

Question 17

this is what the air is like at any one place and time

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air mass

Question 18

How fast the wind is moving is the measure of

Answer 18

wind speed

Question 19

What climatologists notice happening in the air repeatedly are called

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weather patterns

Question 20

Where the wind is blowing from is known as

Answer 20

wind directions

Question 21

Temperature, distance from the equator, and precipitation help climatologists to define a

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climate