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46 Cards in this Set
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to have a long, deep sleep |
hibernate |
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to move to a warmer place |
migrate |
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a large storm that starts over warm ocean water |
hurricane |
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a very strong wind that comes down from clouds in the shape of a funnel |
tornado |
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a flash of lightning in the sky |
lightning |
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the way water moves from the clouds to Earth and back to the clouds again |
water cycle |
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when water changes into water vapor |
evaporation |
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when water vapor changes into tiny drops of water |
condensation |
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water that falls from the clouds |
precipitation |
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water or rain that flows over the surface of the ground and eventually into lakes and streams; also called runoff |
accumulation |
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snow storms with high winds |
blizzard |
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rain that freezes as it falls |
sleet |
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a type of dry weather that happens when it does not rain for a long time |
drought |
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bits of ice falling from the sky |
snow |
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water in the air that you cannot see |
water vapor |
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what the air outside is like |
weather |
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the loud sound you hear after lightning flashes |
thunder |
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a type of bad weather with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning |
thunderstorm |
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a repeating pattern of time and weather that comes every year |
season |
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usually a warm, rainy season |
spring |
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the hottest season of the year |
summer |
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the season that can be very cold and many trees have no leaves |
winter |
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the season where there is fewer hours of daylight than summer and leaves on trees turn different colors; also called autumn |
fall |
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measures the temperature of something |
thermometer |
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how hot or cold something is |
temperature |
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Recognize each step of the water cycle. |
See picture on the back of the vocabulary sheet. |
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Weather is what the ____ outside is like |
air |
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The temperature tells how ____ or ____ the air is. |
hot, cold |
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Clouds are made up of drops of ____ and bits of _____. |
water, ice |
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Blizzards are _____ storms with strong ____. |
snow, strong |
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Sleet is ____ that ____ as it falls. |
rain, freezes |
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Wet weather can be ____(3) |
snow, rain, sleet. |
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A drought is one kind of ____ weather. |
dry |
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The way _____ moves from the _____ to _____ and back to the ____ again is the water cycle. |
water, clouds, Earth, and clouds |
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Water evaporates when it changes into ___ ____. |
water vapor |
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Water vapor is ___ in the ____. |
water, air |
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Condense means to change into tiny drops of ______. |
water |
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Teh four seasons are (4). They ____ every year. |
spring, summer, fall, winter. repeat |
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Spring days are _____ and ____ or _____. |
cool, warm, rainy |
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Summer has more ____ hours than spring. Often the days are ____ and the nights are ____. |
daylight hot, warm |
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Fall has fewer ____ hours than summer. Air begins to get ______. Leaves change ____ and _____ from the trees. Some animals ____ _____. Migrate means to move to a ___ ____. |
daylight coller colors, fall store food warmer place |
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Winter can be very ___ and it may ____. Winter has fewer ____ than fall. Hibernate means to have a long, ____ _____. |
cold, snow daylight deep sleep |
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A thunderstorm is heavy ____ with ____ and ____ and may have ____ and strong ______. |
rain, thunder, lightning, hail, winds |
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Lightning is a flash of _____ in the sky; thunder is the ____ ____ heard after lightning flashes. |
light, loud sound |
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A tornado is very strong _____, comes down from the clouds in the shape of a _____. Hard to _____. |
wind, funnel, predict |
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A hurricane is a large ____ that starts over warm ____ _____----heavy ____, strong _____. |
storm, ocean water, rain, winds |
