Weather Instruments
Water Cycle
Forecasting
Vocabulary
Map Symbols
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This instrument measures how hot or cold the air is outside.
What is a thermometer.
100
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all example of what?
What is precipitation.
100
An area where warm air rises and pushes down on earth with less pressure. This brings bad wet weather.
What is low pressure.
100
Water that is released from the clouds in the sky is called
What is precipitation
100
The symbol for a cold front is
What is blue triangles.
200
This instrument measures humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer.
200
During this part of the cycle, water vapor starts to come together and forms a cloud.
What is condensation.
200
This is an area where cool air sinks and pushes down on Earth with more pressure. This brings nice weather like clear sunny skies.
What is high pressure.
200
The measure of how much water vapor is in the air is called
What is humidity.
200
The symbol for a warm front is
What is red half circles.
300
This instrument will tell you the amount in inches of how much precipitation fell.
What is a rain gauge.
300
This is the part of the water cycle where the sun or wind turns water into water vapor. (a liquid turns to a gas)
What is evaporation.
300
A warm air mass that slides up and over a cold air mass. This forms clouds and light precipitation.
What is a warm front.
300
This is the force that air puts on an area
What is air pressure.
300
H stands for what?
What is High Pressure
400
What is the difference between a wind vane and an anemometer?
What is a anemometer tells you wind speed and a wind vane tells you wind direction.
400
Once water falls from the sky it goes into the ground, streams, ponds, lakes, the ocean and ect. What is this stage called in the Water Cycle?
What is collection.
400
A cold air mass that moves under a warm air mass. Tall clouds form and heavy rain or snow storm can form.
What is a cold front.
400
What is a front?
What is the boundary between air masses with different temperatures.
400
L stands for what?
What is Low pressure
500
This measures pressure in the air.
What is a barometer
500
True or False: The water cycle does not repeat.
What is false.
500
Large areas of air with the nearly the same temperature and moisture are called
What are air masses.
500
What is the difference between weather and climate?
What is Weather is the condition of the air at a given time and location. Climate is the average weather conditions of an area.
500
A mixture of red half circles and blue triangles stand for what?
What is a stationary front.
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