Weather

Clouds

100

Like cotton candy in the sky.

Cumulus clouds

200

These clouds "blanket" the sky. 

Stratus clouds

300

These produce storms that last for hours. 

Stratonimbus

400

These storm clouds are very tall. 

Cumulonimbus clouds

500

Clouds are made from this. 

tiny drops of water

Precipitation

100

Umbrellas protect us from this. 

Rain

200

This happens when the temperature is freezing all the way down from the clouds. 

Snow

300

These can be the size of golf balls. 

Hail

400

Precipitation falls because of this. 

Water droplets/ice crystals become too heavy to remain in the clouds. 

500

This is the result of falling ice crystals that melt, then freeze again before hitting the ground.

sleet

Weather Instruments

100

This instrument measures temperature.

Thermometer

200

Use this to find out which direction the wind is blowing. 

Weathervane or Windvane

300

This tells us how much rain has fallen in a year. 

Reain Gauge

400

This tells us how fast the wind is blowing.

Anemometer

500

This measures pressure in the atmosphere and tells us if rain is coming. 

Barometer

Weather/Climate

100

Fresno's climate

Cold winters and hot summers

200

Temperature is an example of precipitation. 

False

300

Precipitation is important because of this

provides water for us to live

400

This has the affect of changing weather. 

Earth's rotation around the sun

500

The difference between weather and  climate. 

weather changes day by day, minute by minute and climate is long term.