Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Storms
Weather
Extra
100
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
What is evaporation?
100
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
A tropical storm with wind speeds of 119km/hr or more.
What is a hurricane?
100
The lowest temperature at which liquid rain will fall.
What is 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
100
On a weather map, a blue line with triangles means this.
What is a cold front?
200
The process in which water moves from the surface of the Earth to the air and then back again.
What is the Water Cycle?
200
An instruments that measures temperature.
What is thermometer?
200
A fast-spinning spiral of wind that stretches from the clouds to the ground with wind speeds greater than 400km/hr.
What is a tornado?
200
The types of air masses that might bring snow.
What is cold, wet air masses?
200
On a weather map, a red line with half circles means this.
What is a warm front?
300
The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
An instrument that indicates wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
300
Most storms form here.
What is at fronts?
300
This may happen when two air masses come together and form a warm front.
What is steady rain?
300
The air over the water is warmer than the air over the land causing the air to move from the land toward the water.
What is a land breeze?
400
The water that falls back to Earth.
What is precipitation?
400
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
These things cause flooding during a hurricane.
What are storm surges and rain?
400
The air over water is cooler than the air over land causing the air to move from the water toward the land.
What is a sea breeze?
400
This happens when liquid water heats to a high temperature.
What is evaporation?
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