Measuring Weather Tools
The tool called to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This air mass is dry and warm.
What is the Tropical Continental Air Mass?
The cloud that is thick, white, and puffy, like piles of cotton.
What is a cumulus cloud?
A scientists that studies weather conditions.
What is a meteorologists?
The percentage of Earth that is covered by water.
What is 75%?
The tool called to measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
This air mass is wet and warm.
What is the Maritime Tropical Air Mass?
The cloud that is feathery and forms high in the atmosphere when water vapor turns to tine crystals of ice.
What is a cirrus cloud?
This is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This is the process of changing liquid water to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
The tool used to show the direction that the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
This air mass is dry and cold.
What is the Continental Polar Air Mass?
The cloud that are flat layers of clouds that form close to Earth's surface.
What is stratus cloud?
This is the area where the two air masses meet.
What is a front?
This is the process of water vapor becoming liquid water when it cools.
What is condenstation?
Meteorologists use these to record measurements and information from weather satellites and radars.
What are charts and maps?
This air mass is wet and cold.
What is the Maritime Polar Air Mass?
The cloud that is often dark grey, uniform and produces continuous rain, snow or sleet but no lightning or thunder.
What is a nimbus cloud?
This instrument is used to tell the air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This is when any form of water falls to Earth.
What is precipitation?