Temperatures
Seriously or Cirrus-ly
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Weather tools
This and that
100
Sunlight passes through but doesn't heat__________.
What is air?
100
a dome-shaped cloud with a flat bottom is called _______.
What is a cumulus cloud?
100
The weight of the air on the Earth's surface is_______.
What is air pressure?
100
A tool for measuring air pressure is called a _________.
What is a barometer?
100
Two terms that mean the amount of water in the air are _____ and _________.
What are humidity and moisture?
200
The air is heated by _____________.
What is the Earth's surface?
200
A feathery-looking cloud that forms high in the sky out of ice crystals is called__________.
What is a cirrus cloud?
200
Cool air forms_____________.
What is a high-pressure area?
200
Wind vanes have crossbars showing_________________.
What are the four main directions?
200
A person who studies the weather is called _____________.
What is a meteorologist?
300
The sun heats blacktop, cement, and buildings, but does not heat ________.
What is grass?
300
Clouds are formed from_________.
What is water vapor?
300
The place where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet is called a_________________.
What is a front?
300
The oldest tool for measuring the moisture in the air is the____.
What is hygrometer?
300
This government agency has weather stations all over the U.S.
What is the National Weather Service?
400
When the liquid inside a thermometer gets warm, it_____.
What is expands?
400
Moisture that falls from clouds to the ground is called____.
What is precipitation?
400
A place where warm air rises and pushes down on the earth's surface with less pressure is called a_________.
What is a low-pressure area?
400
The oldest tool to measure wind direction is called a_______.
What is wind vane?
400
Water moving from the earth into the air and back to earth again is called the _________________.
What is the water cycle?
500
As the air near the earth's surface becomes warmer, the particles of air __________.
What is move farther apart?
500
Low clouds that form flat, wide layers and blanket the whole sky are called__________,
What is stratus clouds?
500
Air masses move from __________ to ___________ and weather is created by these air masses.
What is west to east?
500
A tool that measures wind speed is a______________.
What is an anemometer?
500
Any tiny change in the weather forces can mean___________.
What are major weather changes?
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