Air
Weather Tools
Wind
Clouds
Observations
100
What is air under water called?
Bubbles
100
What tool measures how hot or cold something is?
A thermometer
100
What is wind?
Moving air
100
What are clouds made of?
water vapor
100
What does 25 degrees feel like?
freezing
200
What is air pressure?
It is when air pushes on something
200
What measures how much rain falls?
Rain Gauge
200
How does wind change the weather?
It can move the clouds or move different temperatures of air around.
200
What does a cummulus cloud look like?
big fluffy white cotton
200
What does 100 degrees feel like
hot
300
Where is air?
All around us
300
What measures the wind speed?
Anemometer
300
How does a pinwheel work?
The air moves the parts around and around.
300
What does a stratus cloud look like?
low gray overcast foggy
300
Where do you record your weather observations?
in a weather calendar
400
What type of matter is air?
Gas
400
What measures wind direction?
Wind vane
400
What is a wind scale?
It tells the different speeds of wind...now wind, gentle breeze, moderate breeze, strong breeze.
400
What do cirrus clouds look like?
high thin wispy
400
What does overcast look like?
gray cloudy
500
Explain how a parachute works.
The air pushes on the parachute and makes it float slowly to the ground.
500
Why is it important to use weather tools?
So you can measure the weather and predict what the weather will be.
500
What are the four directions a wind vane can point to?
north, south, east,west
500
What are the three types of clouds that we have learned?
Cirrus, cummulus, stratus
500
What is a meterologist?
A person who studies the weather
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