Vertebrates
Weather Tools
Invertebrates
Types of Weather
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100

This is an endotherm that has fur/hair, gives live birth, and produces milk for their young.

What are mammals?

100

This measures how much rain has fallen.

What is a rain gauge?


100

These are the simplest type of invertebrate.

What are sponges/porifera?

100

This is the most common type of severe weather, often with heavy rain and lightning.

What are thunderstorms?

100

This is the term for thin, wispy clouds that form high in the sky.

What are cirrus clouds?


200

These are organisms that live underwater, breathe with gills, and can be endothermic OR ectothermic.

What are fish?

200

This measures windspeed.

What is an anemometer? 

200

These are simple animals that contain stinging cells.

What are cnidarians?

200

This is a type of severe weather that occurs over warm parts of the ocean that moves in a counter-clockwise rotation.

What are hurricanes?

200

This is the term for large, puffy clouds that look like cotton balls or sheep.

What are cumulus clouds?

300

These are endotherms that are covered with feathers and lay eggs.

What are birds?

300

This measures wind direction.

What is a wind vane?

300

These are animals with an exoskeleton and segmented legs.

What are arthropods?

300

This is a rapidly spinning column of air that forms over land.

What are tornadoes?

300

This is the term for long, flat clouds that cover most of the sky.

What are stratus clouds?

400

These are ectotherms that are covered in scales and lay leathery eggs. 

What are reptiles? 

400

This measures air pressure.

What is a barometer? 

400

These are a diverse group of animal that have a mantle, muscular foot, and defined head.

What are mollusks?

400

This is the term for a tornado that forms over a body of water.

What is a waterspout?

400

This is the term for large, anvil shaped clouds that indicate incoming severe weather.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500

These are ectotherms that breathe through lungs and skin that undergo metamorphosis.

What are amphibians?
500

This measures humidity.

What is a hygrometer?

500

These are animals with radial symmetry, water vascular systems, and spiny skin.

What are echinoderms?

500

This is the term for increased snowfall due to a large body of water.

What is lake-effect snow?

500

This is the cloud prefix indicating the highest position in the sky.

What is cirro-?

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