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28 Cards in this Set
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What do we call water vapor when it gathers together into water droplets and forms clouds?
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Condensation
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What type of cloud is smooth, thin, gray or blue, and covers the whole sky?
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Altostratus
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What do we call a very violent wind storm?
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Tornado
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What type of cloud is huge, wispy, and "veil"?
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Cirrostratus
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What do we call the process of water changing into a gas?
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Evaporation
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What are the four seasons?
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Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring.
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What do you call electricity flashing through the sky?
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Lightning
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What is the rate of the air's motions called?
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Wind Speed
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When hot air bumps cooler air what occurs?
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Thunder
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What type of cloud is gray and rounded?
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Stratocumulus
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What do you call a violent thunderstorm with very high winds?
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Hurricane
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What type of cloud is thick, dark, and is a rain cloud?
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Nimbostratus
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What instrument is used to mearsure temperature?
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Thermometer
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What is runoff?
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Water that runs off the land into rivers and oceans.
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What do we call water that falls from clouds?
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Precipitation
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What are the processes involved in the water cycle?
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Precipitation, runoff, evaporation, and condensation.
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What instrument is used to measure the pressure of the air?
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Barometer
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What type of cloud is very thin, long, and wispy?
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Cirrus
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What is a form of precipitation that falls when the air cools and there is too much moisture?
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Rain
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What type of cloud is gray and moves fast?
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Stratus
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What do you call a person who studies weather?
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Meteorologist
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What type of cloud is thinner, patchy, layered, and "rippled"?
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Altocumulus
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What occurs when warm air rises and cool air moves down?
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Wind
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What type of cloud is puffy, "solid", flat bottom, and round top?
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Cumulus
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What form of percipitation freezes into tiny ice crystals?
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Snow
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What type of cloud look like puff balls grouped in "sheets"?
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Cirrocumulus
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What is another word for freezing rain?
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Sleet
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What type of cloud is dark, rolling, and giant?
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Cumlonimbus
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