Weather and Cloud Types Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering weather conditions, the water cycle, and cloud types based on the study guide notes.

Water vapor

Water in a gas form

Condensation nuclei

Particles of matter in the atmosphere that water vapor condenses on when forming clouds (Ex. Dust, pollen, smoke, soot)

Evaporation

When liquid changes into a gas

Condensation

When water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

Precipitation

When water falls onto the Earth, coming from the clouds (rain)

Cumulus

Fluffy-like clouds associated with fair weather

Stratus

Layered-like clouds associated with fair weather

Cirrus

Thin clouds

Alto

Upper clouds

Nimbo

Rainy clouds (gray, covering the sky)

Weather

The conditions in the sky, some can look different. And the temperature in the air.

Temperature

How hot/cold it is depending on the day

Humidity

When the air feels sticky and it's warm out

Nimbostratus

Rain clouds

Cumulonimbus

Thunder cloud