CLOUDS
WEATHER INSTRUMENTS
VOCABULARY
Weather, Air, Air Pressure
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100
Puffy clouds that look like they have a flat bottom
What is cumulus
100
This is used to tell wind direction
What is weather vane?
100
what the troposphere is like at any given time
What is weather?
100
the air that surrounds the Earth
What is atmosphere?
100
water in the form of gas
What is water vapor
200
A cloud that forms at ground level
What is fog?
200
a device used to measure air temperature, using the Fahrenheit or Celcius scales
What is thermometer?
200
the horizontal movement of air
What is wind?
200
the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
What is troposphere?
300
Clouds that form a blanket-like layer
What is stratus?
300
An instrument used to find relative humidity
What is hygrometer?
300
the force on an area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure?
300
air temperature, air pressure, and precipitation make up this
What is weather?
300
forms of water vapor that fall from the atmosphere to the ground
What is precipitation?
400
Clouds high in the troposphere with a featherlike shape made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
400
wind speed is measured with this device, a series of cups mounted on a shaft that spins
What is anemometer
400
This is caused by a belt of winds set in motion around Earth by air moving toward the Equator
What is trade winds?
400
altitude, temperature, humidity, and precipitation affect this element of weather
What is air pressure?
400
the amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth
What is insolation?
500
Precipitation from these large clouds is often heavy rain or snow showers
What is cumulus?
500
This is used to measure air pressure
What is hygrometer?
500
This effect is caused by unequal heating and cooling of air causing the air to rise and sink and produce winds
What is a convection cell?
500
oxygen, nitrogen, dust, and water vapor are found in this
What is air?
500
This effect causes the wind to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and curve to the left in the southern hemisphere
What is the Coriolis Effect?
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