Tools
Terms
Meteorologists
Clouds
Storms
100
Measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere
What is temperature?
100
1. A scientist who uses data to predict weather patterns. 2. The study the Earth's air, especially the movement and events that cause weather.
What are: 1. a meteorologist; 2. meteorology?
100
The amount of water vapor that is in the air
What is humidity?
100

What type of weather do we get with high pressure?

clear skies and light winds

200
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is when cold, heavier air pushes down on the Earth's surface.
What is high pressure?
200

What will the weather be if the meteorologist says, "We have a low pressure system producing today's weather, which is good if you are a duck!"

What is: wet weather?

200
Fluffy and white clouds with flat bottoms
What is cumulus?
200
A storm that produces high wind speeds and funnel-shaped clouds
What is a tornado?
300
Measures the amount of water vapor in the air
What is a hygrometer?
300
This is when warm air presses down on the Earth's surface with less force.
What is low pressure?
300

What will the weather be if the meteorologist says, "You can thank a high pressure system for today's weather!"

What is: pleasantly dry and cool weather?

300
Thin, wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
300
A tropical storm that forms over an ocean; produces high winds, heavy rain, and large waves
What is a hurricane?
400
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
400
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail
What is precipitation?
400

What will the weather be if the meteorologist says, "The morning sky is covered with stratus clouds. You know what you can expect!"

What is: light rain and drizzle?

400
Smooth, gray, flat, sheet-like clouds that spread out over the sky
What is stratus?
400
Cumulonimbus clouds can produce this storm with heavy rain, strong wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
A very large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity through it
What is an air mass?
500

What will the weather be if the meteorologist says, "There's a lot of movement of air from high to low pressure areas out there today. You, Junior Scientists, know what to call this!"

What is: wind?

500
Type of cloud that looks like a gray blanket or puffs of smoke; usually produces a thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
500
SEVERE storms that form over land; can travel 800 kilometers (497 miles) per hour ; occur most often in spring and early summer
What are tornadoes?
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