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
A scientist who uses data to predict weather patterns.
What is a meteorologist?
100
The amount of water vapor that is in the air
What is humidity?
100
The boundary between air masses of different temperature and humidity
What is a front?
200
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is the pressure when cold air pushes down on the Earth's surface.
What is high pressure?
200
"We have a low pressure system producing today's weather!" What is the chance for rain? (Hint: How much moisture can the air hold?)
What is high chance of 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 the pressure when warm air presses down on the Earth's surface with less force.
What is low pressure?
300
"You can thank a high pressure system for today's weather!" The temperature and humidity can be described this way.
What is 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
"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
"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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