Water & Water Cycle
Clouds & Precipitation
Weather Instruments
Wind & Atmosphere
Air Pressure and Fronts
100
What are the three states of water?
Liquid, solid, gas
100
White fluffy puffy clouds
Cumulus
100
This measures wind direction
weather vane
100
Fast moving wind high in the atmosphere
What is the jet stream
100
Shown with a blue triangle line on a weather map
What is cold front
200
What is it called when heat from the sun turns water into a gas?
Evaporation
200
Whispy clouds high in the atmosphere
Cirrus clouds
200
Measures air pressure
Barometer
200
Two things used to classify wind
What is speed and direction
200
The air pressure gets _______ as you move away from the Earth's surface (Think of people on shoulders!)
What is lower
300
What is there more of on Earth: Salt water, Fresh water, frozen fresh water
Salt water
300
Precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground
What is sleet
300
Measures rain or snow amount
Ruler
300
Layer of atmosphere that we live in
What is troposphere
300
When air pressures gets lower, the weather will become __________
What is stormy
400
when water vapor turns into a solid to form clouds
Condensation
400
clouds that look like a flat grey blanket covering of the sky
Stratus clouds
400
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer
400
The _______ layer in the stratosphere absorbs the suns harmful rays.
What is ozone layer
400
When fronts meet, _______ usually occur
What is storms
500
When water evaporates off plants
Transpiration
500
Precipitation that falls as frozen chunks.
What is hail
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anememetor
500
Outer layer of atmosphere - satellites are here
What is exosphere
500
when a warm air mass moves in, and rises above a cold mass, it is called a ________ front.
What is warm front
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