Weather

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

When water turns into a gas

• condensation 
• evaporation
• precipitation

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

What does this tool measure?

• Wind speed
• Wind direction
• Air pressure
• Temperature

Which tool measures air pressure?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane
• Hygrometer

____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• freezing rain

A ___________________ forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals.

• hail pellet

• raindrop

• sleet particle

• snowflake

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

• snow

The most common type of precipitation is _______________.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail