H2O Cycle, Storms, Predicting Weather

What powers the water cycle? 

• The sun
• Batteries 
• A heater
• Electricity 

When liquid water becomes a gas. This is known as 

• Precipitation 
• Evaporation
• Condensation 
• Transportation 

When water vapor condenses and turns back to water droplets to form clouds. This process is called

• Evaporation 
• Precipitation  
• Condensation 
• Elevation 

Any water that falls from the sky is known as

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Run-off
• Precipitation 

Water that falls to earth and tries to find its way back to oceans, lakes, and streams is known as

• Precipitation 
• Condensation
• Evaporation 
• Run-off

The water cycle is continuous. 

• True 
• False

A severe storm that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. 

• Blizzard
• Thunder Storm 
• Tornado
• Hurricane

A funnels-shaped storm with winds spinning at very high speed and destroys everything in its path. 

• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Blizzard
• Thunder storm 

A storm that forms over warm ocean water with very strong winds that blow in a circular pattern around the center of the storm. 

• Rain storm
• Thunder storm
• Tornado
• Hurricane

Which of the following is not a method meteorologist use to help predict weather? 

• Radar Images
• Random Guesses
• Weather Maps
• Satellite Images