Weather Tools
Water
Temperature
Extreme Weather
Weather/Climate
100
a thin glass tube with a bulb at one end that has liquid inside
What is a thermometer?
100
Earth's water exists in this many different states
What is 3?
100
water freezes at this Celsius temperature and boils at this Celsius temperature
What are 0 degrees C and 100 degrees C?
100
a rotating column of air that extends from clouds in a thunderstorm to the ground
What is a tornado?
100
the day to day changes in temperature, winds, precipitation, and other conditions
What is weather?
200
this tool measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
200
the process of water becoming water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
this type of weather happens when air pressure is low
What is damp and cloudy?
200
a heavy rainstorm with thunder and lightning
What is a thunderstorm?
200
a huge amount of air with similar temperature, pressure, and water vapor in it
What is an air mass?
300
this tool is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
any form of water that falls to Earth
What is precipitation?
300
this type of weather happens when the air pressure is high
What is dry and clear?
300
when fast moving cold air meets slow moving warm, wet air, this forms
What is a thunderstorm?
300
a prediction of what the weather will be like for the next few days
What is a weather forecast?
400
A scientist who uses weather instruments is called this.
What is a meteorologist?
400
the movement of water from Earth's surface to its atmosphere and back again. The sun powers it
What is the water cycle?
400
the names of the scales that temperatures are measured in are called these
What are Celsius and Fahrenheit?
400
a tropical storm that has winds that reach speeds of at least 119 km per hour
What is a hurricane?
400
the average of weather conditions over a long time
What is climate?
500
this tool points in the direction from which the wind is blowing
What is a wind vane?
500
the process of water vapor becoming water
What is condensation?
500
the units that temperature is measured in is called this
What is degrees?
500
warm humid air at the ocean's surface gives this energy to form
What is a hurricane?
500
an area where unlike air masses meet but do not mix
What is a front?
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