Weather
& Instruments
& Instruments
This instrument is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Rain that freezes before it hits the ground.
What is sleet?
This forms when air temperatures are different.
What is a convection current?
The average weather conditions over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Water leaving the clouds in various forms.
What is precipitation?
What is a(n) Anemometer?
When water vapor changes to tiny water droplets or ice crystals.
What is how clouds form?
The place in this land feature gets little to no precipitation, making it hot during the day and cold at night.
What is a desert?
This alert means it has already formed.
What is a severe storm warning?
A quick and destructive change in the environment that is not caused by people.
What is a natural disaster?
Moving air
What is wind?
Low-level clouds that cover the whole. They look dark because little sunlight gets through the layers of the clouds
What is Stratus Clouds?
When air flows up the side of this land feature, it cools. This feature also has the ability to slow the effects of a storm, making it less severe.
What is a mountain?
The area of Earth where the sun's energy hits most directly.
What is a tropical zone?
A measure of how far a place is from the equator.
What is latitude?
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
High-altitude clouds that are thin, wispy, and white.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
The uneven heating of Earth's sun.
What is the cause of air to be different temperatures?
Higher land is cooler because temperature decreases with increased ________ in the lower parts of the atmosphere.
What is elevation?
The state of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
Air temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation.
What are factors that determine weather?
Mid-level clouds that look like small, puffy balls. The bottom of the cloud can look dark because the sunlight may not reach them.
What are Altocumulus Clouds?
The shape of Earth's surface at a particular place?
What is typography?
Elevation, latitude, and closeness to large bodies of water.
What are factors that affect climate?
Dangerous conditions of the atmosphere