Flashcards on The Water Cycle and Weather
The Water Cycle and Weather
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The Water Cycle and Weather
25 cards
Card 1
Question: What are the three forms of water?
Answer: Liquid, solid (ice/snow), and gas (water vapor).
Card 2
Question: How does water change its form?
Answer: Water changes form with temperature. When it freezes it becomes ice, and when it is heated it evaporates and becomes vapor.
Card 3
Question: What is the process called when water in seas, rivers, and ponds turns into vapor and rises?
Answer: Evaporation.
Card 4
Question: What happens during condensation in the water cycle?
Answer: Water vapor cools high in the sky and turns into tiny droplets of water, which form clouds.
Card 5
Question: What is precipitation?
Answer: When droplets in a cloud get heavy and fall as rain, snow, or hail.
Card 6
Question: What happens during the collection stage of the water cycle?
Answer: Rainwater runs into streams and rivers and flows back to the sea, or soaks into the ground to become groundwater.
Card 7
Question: What is weather?
Answer: Weather is what the air is like outside right now: warm or cold, sunny or rainy, windy or calm.
Card 8
Question: How is climate different from weather?
Answer: Climate is the usual weather in a place over many years, while weather is the current state of the air outside.
Card 9
Question: What instrument is used to measure temperature, and in what units is it measured?
Answer: Temperature is measured with a thermometer in degrees Celsius.
Card 10
Question: What do 'clear', 'partly cloudy', and 'overcast' mean in terms of cloud cover?
Answer: Clear means no clouds, partly cloudy means some clouds, and overcast means the sky is full of clouds.