Fronts
Clouds
Weather Instruments
Water Cycle
Weather Vocabulary
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What does a cold front bring?
Hail, thunder, and lightning.
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How do clouds form?
Clouds are formed by drops of water and are formed by the cooling of the air
100
What is the instrument that measures the amount of rain that has fallen?
The instrument is a rain gauge.
100
What are the 3 states of water on the earth?
They are solid, gas, liquid.
100
What happens when it´s humid?
It happens when the air is already saturated with water, sweat evaporates more slowly.
200
What is a front?
A boundary between two air masses.
200
What do cumulus clouds look like?
They look like puffy white or light gray cotton candy.
200
What is the instrument that usually has a rooster on the top?
The instrument is a wind vane.
200
What is the water cycle?
The water cycle is the movement of water between the atmosphere and earth.
200
What are all the clouds that we have learned?
They are cumulus, nimbus, cirrus, stratus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus.
300
How does a warm front form?
Hot air moves inside cold air.
300
What do stratus clouds bring?
Stratus clouds bring light mist, drizzle, snow.
300
What weather instrument do you use when you are sick?
The instrument is a thermometer.
300
What is the first thing that happens in the water cycle?
The first thing is precipitation.
300
What is a meteor front?
That is all the fronts.
400
What is the symbol for occluded front?
It is a mixture of purple triangles and humps.
400
Where are clouds only found?
They are only found in the troposphere.
400
What does a anemometer look like?
It looks like ice cream scoopers.
400
What is runoff?
Runoff is the water that cannot be absorbed into the ground because because the ground is saturated, but runs along it.
400
What is the meaning of weather?
The meaning is the condition of the outside air or atmosphere at a particular time and place.
500
What happens in a stationary front?
A stationary is when two masses of air are pushing against each other but neither is powerful enough to move the other.
500
What is a cloud formed at ground level called?
Fog
500
What is a barometer used for?
It is used for measuring high and low air pressure.
500
What is the process of the water cycle?
It goes precipitation, condensation, evaporation, transpiration, then repeat.
500
What is the meaning of climate?
The meaning is the weather of a particular area over a long period of time.