Chapter+4+Vocab

Science Vocabulary

1. water vapor - water that is in the form of a gas

2. evaporate - to change from a liquid to a gas

3. condense - to change from a gas to a liquid

4. cloud - a mass of many water droplets or bits of ice that float in the air

5. precipitation - a form of water that falls to the ground from clouds

6. water cycle - movement of water from earth to the air and back to the earth. Click on Water Cycle tab of homepage to watch the video.

7. rain gauge - measures the amount of rainfall

8. Four Cloud Types - Click on links on left side of Wiki homepage. Know the characteristics of each cloud type.