Weather Tools
The tool that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
The symbol that represents an area experiencing a cold front.
What is a line with triangles?
The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn.
What is the mesosphere?
The type of cloud that is thin and feathery.
What is a Cirrus Cloud?
A person who studies weather and weather patterns.
The tool that measures the amount of precipitation fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
A prediction of what the weather will be for the next few days.
What is a forecast?
The layer of the atmosphere that has 99% of all water vapor?
What is the troposphere?
The cloud that brings thunderstorms.
What is a Cumulonimbus Cloud?
What is humidity?
The tool used to measure wind direction.
What is the weather vane/ wind vane?
The forecast of an area experiencing high barometric pressure?
What is clear, sunny skies?
The layer of the atmosphere with the lowest air pressure.
What is the Exosphere?
The type of cloud that brings steady rain.
What is a nimbostratus cloud?
The force that air exerts on all objects
What is air pressure?
The tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
The symbol used to represent an area experiencing a stationary front.
What is a line with triangles and half circles alternating?
The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere.
What are Nitrogen and Oxygen?
The step of the water cycle when clouds form.
What is condensation?
The type of precipitation that freezes when it touches a cold surface.
What is freezing rain?
The tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass and neither moves
What is a stationary front?
The layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth to space
What are Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere?
What is a tornado?
Burning these three fossil fuels results in smog and acid rain.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?