Weather Basics
Day-to-day conditions of the air. →
What is weather?
Measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Water changing into vapor.
What is evaporation?
Fluffy “cotton ball” clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
A scientist who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
Average weather over a long time.
What is climate?
Collects rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
Water vapor turning back into liquid.
What is condensation?
Wispy, feather-like clouds.
What are cirrus clouds?
A guess about the weather.
What is a forecast?
The layer of gases around Earth.
What is atmosphere?
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Water in the air we can’t see.
What is water vapour?
Thick gray clouds that bring steady rain.
What are stratus or nimbostratus clouds?
A system that brings sunny skies.
What is a high-pressure system?
How hot or cold it is.
What is temperature?
Shows wind direction.
What is a weather vane?
The process of water moving through Earth and sky.
What is the water cycle?
A violent spinning storm over land.
What is a tornado?
A system that often brings stormy weather.
What is a low-pressure system?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
Measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
The invisible gas in the air that comes from water.
What is humidity?
A giant swirling storm over the ocean.
What is a hurricane?
Heat trapped in Earth’s atmosphere causing warming.
What is the greenhouse effect?