Weather Words 1
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is TEMPERATURE?
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is THERMOMETER?
Liquid precipitation in the form of water drops that falls from clouds for several hours.
What is RAIN?
The mixture of gases that form the atmosphere of the Earth and push down on us causing different types of weather.
What is AIR PRESSURE?
When air molecules are tightly packed together, what type of air pressure is occurring?
What is HIGH AIR PRESSURE?
A tool used to measure rainfall.
What is a RAIN GAUGE?
The part of the water cycle in which water vapor cools and forms clouds.
What is CONDENSATION?
A visible collection of tiny water droplets floating in the air above the surface of the Earth. These form when condensation occurs during the water cycle.
What are CLOUDS?
A cloud on the ground that reduces visibility.
What is FOG?
A tool used to measure wind speed by counting the rotations of the cups attached to the device.
What is an ANEMOMETER?
The condition of the air at a particular time and place. How the air moves, and describes anything it might be carrying such as rain, snow, or clouds. This is always changing.
What is WEATHER?
Thin, wispy clouds that are high in the sky. This type of cloud indicates fair weather.
What are CIRRUS CLOUDS?
Precipitation that is composed of white ice crystals that fall from clouds.
What is SNOW?
A weather tool that measures wind speed and direction.
What is a WINDSOCK?
The process of the sun heating up water and turning it into water vapor.
What is EVAPORATION?
The weather conditions in an area over time.
What is CLIMATE?
General name for water in any form falling from clouds. This includes rain, drizzle, hail, snow and sleet.
What is PRECIPITATION?
A weather tool that measures air pressure.
What is a BAROMETER?
A scientist who studies and predicts the weather.
What is a METEOROLOGIST?
The type of clouds that produce bad weather and precipitation that reaches the ground in the form of rain, snow or hail.
What are NIMBUS CLOUDS?