Weather Instruments
Weather Predictions
Water Cycle & Weather
Rocks
Climate/Resources
Weathering/Erosion
100
an instrument to record the amount of rainfall in a given area
What is a rain gauge?
100
liquid that falls from the sky when a cloud becomes saturated
What is rain?
100
when water turns from a liquid to a gas during heating
What is evaporation?
100

heat and pressure form this

What is metamorphic rock?

100

this causes a mountain range to become worn down over time

What is weathering?

200
an instrument for measuring temperature
What is a thermometer?
200
frozen rain?
What is sleet (or snow, or hail)?
200
the movement of air from one place to another caused by a difference in pressure
What is wind?
200

magma cools and forms this rock

What are igneous rocks?

200

the is the main factor used to determine a climate

What is temperature?

300
an instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300

cloudy, rainy, or snowy weather is associated with this air pressure

What is low pressure?

300
water in the form of a gas
What is water vapor?
300
limestone is an example

What are sedimentary rock?

300

list 3 renewable resources

What are wind, water, solar energy?

400
an instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
a giant swirling storm that forms over oceans that brings rain and heavy winds
What is a hurricane?
400
the process of water vapor (a gas) changing into a liquid through cooling
What is condensation?
400

3 properties of rocks

What are luster, hardness, color, cleavage?

400

the three climate zones

What are polar, temperate, and tropical?

500
an instrument that measures the amount of humidity in the air
What is a hygrometer? OR What is a psychrometer?
500
a storm that forms when cumulus clouds pile up and bring rain, wind, and lightning
What is thunderstorm?
500

Most of the water on Earth is stored here

What is oceans?

500

fossils are usually found in this type of rock

What is sedimentary?

500

Climate zones near the equator

What is tropical/rain forest?

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