Clouds
What type of cloud is very low to the ground, looks like a blanket across the sky and rain falls from it?
What is stratus?
A storm with strong winds that form over land.
What is a tornado?
Which tool is used to measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
The movement of water between the Earth's surface, the air, and back down to the surface is called...
Earth's atmosphere is made up mostly of which type of gas?
What is nitrogen?
Fluffy clouds seen in fair weather.
What is cumulus?
A large storm that forms over warm ocean water
What is a hurricane?
Which tool is used to measure air pressure?
What is a barometer?
During which stage of the water cycle do clouds form?
What is condensation?
Earth is the only known planet to have large amounts of which type of gas within its atmosphere to allow for life?
What is oxygen?
Low sheets of gray clouds that spread over a large area are called...
What is stratus
A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds. Hail may also form.
What is a thunderstorm?
Which tool is used to measure wind direction?
What is a wind (weather) vane?
What is the name for any form of water that falls from the sky?
What is precipitation?
Which layer of the atmosphere is the farthest from the Earth?
What is Exosphere?
Wispy clouds formed mostly of ice crystals high in the sky.
What is cirrus
What should you advise someone to do in order to stay safe when a hurricane is approaching their area?
Prepare by boarding up windows; packing and evacuating?
Which tool is used to measure the amount of precipitation?
What is a rain gauge?
Water vapor rises into the atmosphere during which stage of the water cycle?
What is evaporation?
Which layer in the atmosphere can we find the ozone layer?
What is the Stratosphere?
What is a place where two air masses meet?
What is a front?
To stay safe in a tornado, you should...
What is stay away from windows, go into basement or closet, or lay flat in a ditch?
A scientist who studies the weather is called...
What is a meteorologist?
What is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean?
What is run-off?
Which layer of the atmosphere is where all weather takes place?
What is the Troposphere?