Weather STEM Review

Which is the correct order of the water cycle?

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff

• evaporation, precipitation, condensation, runoff

• runoff, precipitation, evaporation, condensation

• condensation, evaporation, runoff, precipitation

Liquid water on Earth becomes a gas, called water vapor, as part of the air through the process of

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

Water vapor cools and changes back to water droplets; clouds form as a result of this

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

After condensation occurs allowing for the forming of clouds, any form of water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called this

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

When precipitation falls on land surfaces, it attempts to return to the ocean or lakes as this

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• runoff

High, thin, & wispy clouds; mostly made of ice crystals; fair weather but signals a change is coming (seriously)

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

These clouds are spread out in layers covering a large area; low to the ground; often bring steady rain

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

These clouds are puffy, lumpy looking clouds. They form when large bubbles of warm air rise rapidly into the atmosphere. Sometimes these clouds bring rain and other times they do not.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

Measures windspeed

• anemometer

• wind vane

• thermometer

• rain guage

Shows the direction the wind is coming from

• anemometer

• wind vane

• thermometer

• rain guage