Clouds
Low-level clouds that form in layers.
What are stratus clouds?
Measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen in an area.
What is a rain gauge?
Forms when drops of rain freeze and strong winds carry them higher into a cloud.
What is hail?
This forms as a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
A cloud that forms close to the ground.
What is fog?
Fluffy clouds that are flat on the bottom and form low in the sky.
What are cumulus clouds?
This measures the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
Precipitation that falls to the ground in the form of liquid water.
What is rain?
The weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
The movement or flow of air.
What is wind?
Thin clouds that look like feathers.
What are cirrus clouds?
This measures the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
Precipitation that falls when the temperature in a cloud is below freezing.
What is snow?
The place where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
Clouds that bring thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This instrument is used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Rain that freezes as it is falling.
What is sleet?
This forms as a cold air mass meets a warm air mass.
What is cold front?
Average weather condition in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Formed during condensation; mass of tiny water droplets.
What is a cloud?
This instrument is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Any form of water that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
A large body of air that has the same temperature, air pressure, and moisture.
What is air mass?
Measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?