Atmosphere
Clouds
Vocabulary
Tools
Other
100

The lowest layer of the atmosphere.

Troposphere

100

Piled up puffy clouds, that usually bring fair weather.

cumulus clouds

100

The current condition of the atmosphere around us.

weather

100

A tool used to measure temperature.

thermometer

100

The weight of air of any one spot.

air pressure

200

The layer of the atmosphere where satellites can be found. 

Exosphere

200

A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky. They usually bring rain or snow.

stratus clouds

200

The average or typical weather in a particular area.

climate

200

A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.

rain gauge

200

Type of weather front that brings rain to an area for several days. 

stationary front

300

The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up. 

Mesosphere

300

High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles.

cirrus clouds

300

Name at least two gases in the atmosphere.

nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, methane

300

A tool used to measure wind speed.

anemometer

300

Cold heavy air that brings dry weather.

high pressure air

400

The hottest layer of the atmosphere.

Thermosphere

400

Thunderstorm clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds

400

The layer of air around the earth.

atmosphere

400

A tool used to measure air pressure.

barometer

400

The study of weather.

meteorology

500

The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer. 

Stratosphere

500

Layer of the atmosphere where clouds are located.

Troposphere

500

A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. 

Humidity

500

A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.

meteorologist

500

A funnel shaped windstorm that emerges from a thunderstorm.

tornado

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