What type of clouds are puffy and appear like large cotton balls in the sky?
100
What is a thermometer?
What measures air temperature?
100
What is precipitation?
What is any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface?
100
What is a cold front that results in cooler temperatures and heavy rain, thunderstorms or snow?
What is formed when cold air moves under warm air and what weather results?
100
What is a thunderstorm?
What is the most common form of severe weather?
200
What are cirrus clouds?
What cloud type is thin, whispy and feather-like in appearance?
200
What is a wind sock?
What instrument indicates direction of wind?
200
What is condensation?
What is the change of water vapor to liquid water?
200
What occurs when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses and results in cool temperatures and large amounts of rain or snow?
What air mass movement happens when an occluded front occurs and what weather conditions result?
200
What is static electricity?
What type of energy is lightning?
300
What are stratus clouds?--nimbostratus is also acceptable
What type of cloud is likely to produce light to heavy continuous rain?
300
What is an anemometer?
What measures wind speed?
300
What is runoff?
In the water cycle, what follows precipitation?
300
What is a stationary front?
What is the front called when cold air meets warm air mass and there is not enough force for the cold air mass to lift the warm air mass upward?
300
What is a spinning column of fast moving air (wind) that has a low pressure center?
What is a tornado in terms of wind speeds and direction and pressure?
400
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
What cloud type produces rain and hail?
400
What is a barometer?
What measures air pressure?
400
What is water changing into water vapor or a gas?
What is evaporation?
400
What is an air masses that have less moisture than air masses forming over the ocean?
How does air masses that form over land affect weather in the US compared to those that form over oceans?
400
What is losing energy due to less warm moist air?
What causes a hurricane to lose energy as it moves over land?
500
What are cumulus clouds?
What cloud type is formed from warm moist air rising?
500
What is relative humidity?
What does a psychrometer?
500
What is rain, sleet, hail, and snow?
What are the forms of precipitation?
500
What are the cyclones with area of low pressure surrounded by high pressure vs. anticyclone with high pressure surrounded by low pressure? Also acceptable are what are cyclone air movement in counterclockwise direction vs. anticyclone moving in clockwise direction?
What is the difference between cyclone and anticyclone?