Things found on a weather map
What does the L on the weather map mean?
Low Pressure
what is it called when it rains?
Precipitation
what is it called when water rises and then falls in a cycle?
Rain
What cloud is made of ice crystals and is made up of wispy white strands?
Cirrus Clouds
what does the green on the weather map mean?
Light Rain
What does the H on the weather map mean?
High Pressure
what is it called when the water changes into a gas?
Evaporation
What is it called when warm air rises and then cold air rushes in to take it's place?
Wind
What are fluffy clouds called?
Cumulus clouds
Moderate Rain
What do the lines with red half circles on them mean?
Warm Front
what is it called when the gas returns back into liquid?
Condensation
What is it called when raindrops get frozen and then eventually fall?
Hail
what are the clouds that are scattered across the sky called?
Altocumulus Clouds
what does the red on the weather map mean?
Heavy Rain
What do lines with blue triangle on the weather map mean?
Cold Front
what is it called when water evaporates through the plants?
Transpiration
What is it called when after lightning the air cools and contracts quickly?
Thunder
What are the clouds that are very thin called?
Cirrostratus Clouds
What does the pink on the weather map mean?
Hail
What is it called when there is both, red half circles and blue triangles?
Stationary front
what is it called when the rain does not soak into the soil, but instead moves to the streams?
Runoff
What is it called when the negative electrons in the cloud are attracted to the positive electrons in the ground?
Lightning
What is the cloud that is in a horizontal formation?
Arcus Cloud
What does the blue on the weather map mean?
Snow