Tools
Terms
Meteorologists
Clouds
Storms
100
Measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere
What is temperature?
100
1. A scientist who uses data to predict weather patterns. 2. The study the Earth's air, especially the movement and events that cause weather.
What are: 1. a meteorologist; 2. meteorology?
100
The amount of water vapor that is in the air
What is humidity?
100
The boundary between air masses of different temperature and humidity
What is a front?
200
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is when cold, heavier air pushes down on the Earth's surface.
What is high pressure?
200
"We have a low pressure system producing today's weather, which is good if you are a duck!"
What is: wet weather?
200
Fluffy and white clouds with flat bottoms
What is cumulus?
200
A storm that produces high wind speeds and funnel-shaped clouds
What is a tornado?
300
Measures the amount of water vapor in the air
What is a hygrometer?
300
This is when warm air presses down on the Earth's surface with less force.
What is low pressure?
300
"You can thank a high pressure system for today's weather!"
What is: pleasantly dry and cool weather?
300
Thin, wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
300
A tropical storm that forms over an ocean; produces high winds, heavy rain, and large waves
What is a hurricane?
400
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
400
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail
What is precipitation?
400
"The morning sky is covered with stratus clouds. You know what you can expect!"
What is: light rain and drizzle?
400
Smooth, gray, flat, sheet-like clouds that spread out over the sky
What is stratus?
400
Cumulonimbus clouds can produce this storm with heavy rain, strong wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
A very large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity through it
What is an air mass?
500
"There's a lot of movement of air from high to low pressure areas out there today. You, Junior Scientists, know what to call this!"
What is: wind?
500
Type of cloud that looks like a gray blanket or puffs of smoke; usually produces a thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
500
SEVERE storms that form over land; can travel 800 kilometers (497 miles) per hour ; occur most often in spring and early summer
What are tornadoes?
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