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Name _________________________________ Date _______ Period_____ Water Cycle and Tornado Alley Study Guide Write the correct term in the space provided. 1. ____________________ is a rotating column of air over a large body of water. 2. ____________________ is the amount of water vapor in the air. 3. ____________________ is the continuous movement of water, from water sources, into the atmosphere, and back onto/into ground then to water sources again. 4. ____________________ is the scale that rate tornadoes based on wind speed. 5. ____________________ is the area from Minnesota to Texas that has 95% of all tornadoes from the US. 6. ____________________ is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. 7. ____________________ is a group or multiple vortices of funnel clouds. 8. ____________________ is the process where plants release water vapor into the atmosphere. 9. ____________________ is the temperature that the air must cool to, to become completely saturated. 10. __________________ is a collection of millions of water droplets. 11. __________________ is water in different forms that falls from the atmosphere. 12. __________________ is the process where liquid water turns into a water vapor (gas), while __________________ is the process of water vapor turning into a liquid. 13. Four different types of precipitation are _______________, ______________, _______________, and ______________ 14. Four supplies you should have on hand if you live in Tornado Alley are _______________, ______________, _____________and ___________________ 15. Name the three types of clouds: ___________________, ___________________ and ___________________ 16. Explain why people living in Tornado Alley have so many tornadoes. Answer in complete sentences. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 17. Describe the life of a water molecule traveling through the water cycle. This water molecule will begin in the ocean and must travel through at least four different processes.______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Know the Water Cycle Diagram also: see notebook