Measure Up
A Never Ending Circle
That One Looks Like a Turtle!
Take a Deep Breath
Tricky Prediction
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An instrument used to collect and measure rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
100
The process in which water evaporates and condenses over and over again.
What is the water cycle?
100
A puffy, white cloud usually seen in fair weather.
What is a cumulus cloud?
100
The thick blanket of air surrounding the earth
What is the atmosphere?
100
A statement predicting the condition of the troposphere the next day
What is a weather forecast?
200
An instrument that shows the direction from which the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
200
Snow, rain, sleet and hail
What is precipitation?
200
Flat, blanket like cloud that sometimes brings precipitation.
What is a stratus cloud?
200
High pressure system
What is a falling or sinking cold air mass?
200
An expert at predicting the weather
What is a meteorologist?
300
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
The sun's rays and heat cause this.
What is evaporation?
300
Wispy, resembling a horse tail
What is a cirrus cloud?
300
Low pressure air system
What is a rising warm air mass?
300
Warm air rises over a cold air mass and creates precipitation , or cold air plows under a warm air mass and creates precipitation.
What happens at a front?
400
The instrument that measures the amount of water vapor, or humidity, in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
400
Water vapor changes to liquid when it cools.
What is condensation?
400
Towering, gray, threatening, stormy
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
400
A front
What is the place where two air masses meet?
400
It is a prediction affected by the elevation of the land, nearness to water and mountains
What is a local weather forecast?
500
It measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
Water vapor, dust, and cool temperatures.
What is needed to form clouds?
500
Troposphere
Where are most clouds located?
500
Winds that blow from west to east across the United States
What are prevailing westerly winds?
500
Building highways and structures, and burning fuel
What are human activities that affect the climate?
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