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Water Cycle and Weather Study Guide
Test Date: ________________
Know the definitions to the following vocabulary words:
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Climate
Current
Humidity
Meteorology
Weather
Air Mass
Front
1. What weather instrument measures air pressure?
2. What weather instrument measures the amount of rainfall?
3. What is the freezing point of water? What is the boiling
point of water? (F and C)
4. What is a cloud? How is a cloud formed? What happens to
the water vapor?
5. What are the 4 different types of precipitation and how
are they different?
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6. What happens when water vapor had condensed into droplets
near the ground level? _________________
7. What happens when water vapor rises in the air?
8. What does a rising barometer indicate/ tell us?
9. What weather do we have when a warm air mass moves over a
cold air mass?
10. What is the border where two air masses meet?
11. How could you make one of the weather instruments at
home? Explain.
12. What are the parts of the water cycle? Describe what
happens in each: (write on the back)