Weather Vocabulary

Name

a cloud that develops upward and brings thunderstorms

• fog
• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

a cloud at ground level

• fog
• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom

• fog
• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

a high altitude cloud with a featherlike shape, made of ice crystals

• fog
• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

a cloud that forms in a blanket-like layer

• fog
• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

water that flows downhill to rivers, streams, or lakes

• runoff
• water cycle
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation

the process of plants absorbing water through their roots, the water moving up to the leaves, and then evaporating

• transpiration
• water cycle
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation

the process in which a liquid changes into a gas

• evaporation
• water cycle
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid

• water cycle
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation
• transpiration