Tools
Terms
Fronts
Clouds
Storms
100
Measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
How hot or cold the atmosphere is
What is temperature?
100
When warm and cold air meet and get "stuck" together
What is a stationary front?
100
These clouds are seen in the sky during a thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
100
The most common type of storm produced by a cumulonimbus cloud
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200
Scientists who gather and analyze data to create weather forecasts
Who are meteorologists?
200
When air cools and sinks and brings clear, fair weather.
What is a high pressure area?
200
Fluffy and white clouds that signal fair weather
What is cumulus?
200
A rotating funnel-shaped cloud with strong winds and thunderstorms
What is a tornado?
300
What are the units used to measure air temperature?
What is Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F)?
300
The average weather in one place over a long period of time
What is climate?
300
When the air heats ups and rises and brings rainy, stormy weather
What is a low pressure area?
300
Thin, wispy, feathery clouds
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
The kind of weather a cold air front brings when it replaces a warm front
What are cooler temperatures and heavy rain or thunderstorms?
400
Smooth, gray, flat, sheet-like clouds that spread out over the sky
What is stratus?
400
This storm causes the most flooding in cities by the coastline
What is a hurricane?
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
The daily condition of the atmosphere
What is weather?
500
The boundary where two air masses meet
What is a front?
500
These form at various levels in the atmosphere and each type brings different kinds of weather
What are clouds?
500
This type of precipitation forms when the air temperature in the clouds is below freezing
What is snow?
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