A degree of hotness or coldness the can be measured using a thermometer. Also a measure of how fast the atoms and molecules of a substance are moving (see Kinetic energy). Temperature is measured in degrees on the Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin scales.
What is Temperature?
100
A rotating column of air extending from a cloud but not reaching the ground, so not yet a tornado.
What is a Funnel Cloud?
100
Process of something going from a liquid to a solid.
What is Freezing?
100
I am puffy and look like floating cotton.
What Cumulus Clouds?
100
A visible collection of very fine water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes from just above the ground to several miles above sea level.
What are Clouds?
200
The mass per unit volume of an object.
What is Density?
200
The rain and hail in the thunderstorm cause the funnel to touch down creating a ___________.
What is a Tornado?
200
The main process behind cloud formation.
What is Condensation?
200
I am thin and wispy with a feather like quality up high in the sky.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
200
I am a type of mid-level cloud that is gray or blue-gray and am associated with colder weather and form from ice crystals.
What are Altostratus Clouds?
300
The amount of space occupied by a substance or object.
What is Volume?
300
Severe weather events have these in common.
What are Clouds?
300
Process by which something goes from a solid to a liquid.
What is Melting?
300
We are low clouds that resemble grayish fog and may create drizzle.
What are Stratus Clouds?
300
I form a thunderhead from vertical growth and could possibly create a tornado.
What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?
400
The continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
What is Pressure?
400
Cloud type that causes chaos for planes.
What are Stratus Clouds?
400
Process by which something goes from liquid to gas.
What is Evaporation?
400
I form a dark gray layer that is associated with constant rain or snow fall.
What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
400
We are thin, sheetlike high clouds that often cover the entire sky. They are so thin that the sun and moon can be seen through them.
What are Cirrostratus Clouds?
500
The layer of the atmosphere from the ground to around 33,000 feet (10 kilometers). This is where much of the weather we experience occurs.
What is Troposphere?
500
The assigned cloud type associated with the ____________is the cumulonimbus
What is a Thunderstorm?
500
Vapor (gas), Solid, and Liquid.
What are the Three Phases?
500
I am a type of mid-level cloud that is associated with warm, humid weather and have a puffy look.
What are Altocumulus Clouds?
500
We appear as small, rounded white puffs and resemble the scales of a fish. A sky with these types of clouds is sometimes referred to as a "mackerel sky."