Weather and Climate
Clouds and Precipitation
Weather Tools
Severe Storms
Air Masses and Fronts
100
Weather of a certain area over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
100
What clouds are made of.
What is condensed water and dust?
100
The tool that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
There's an "eye" at the center of this storm. Its really calm there.
What is a Hurricane?
100
A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture.
What is an air mass?
200
The condition of outside air at a certain time and place.
What is Weather?
200
Weather droplets in clouds getting to heavy.
What causes precipitation?
200
The tool that measures the amount of rainfall.
What is a rain guage?
200
Severe snowstorms.
What are Blizzards?
200
It forms when 2 air masses meet and create weather.
What is a front?
300
What are air pressure, humidity, clouds, and temperature called?
What is Elements of Weather?
300
The tool you use to measure rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
300
The tool that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
Balls of ice that fall from violent Thunderstorms.
What is Hail?
300
This is the name of the front that forms when 2 fronts collide, but one can't overtake the other, and nothing happens.
What is a stationary front?
400
What are Climate Zones?
What is areas that are divided by precipitation and temperature?
400
The 3 main types of clouds.
What are cumulus, stratus, and cirrus clouds?
400
The tool that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
Violent circular storms up to 20 miles wide that spin. They VERY often are the storms that Tornadoes come from.
What is a Supercell?
400
What is similar between the two kinds of maritime air masses?
What is the amount of moisture in the air?
500
A person who studies weather in an attempt to predict weather.
What is a Meteorologist?
500
This term defines rain falling from a cloud.
What is "nimbo" Ex: CumuloNIMBUS
500
The tool that measures the amount of humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
500
A dark collum of air that can spin up to 300mph.
What is a Tornado?
500
This front forms when a cold and warm front meet, and they create storms.
What is an occluded front?
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