Clouds
White and fluffy clouds that are associated with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
What is a thermometer?
The four types of precipation.
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
The boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
Type of storm that is a violent funnel shaped storm of spinning wind.
What is a tornado?
Tall and dark clouds that are associated with thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Measures precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
Type of precipitation that is water vapor that forms liquid droplets.
What is rain?
The type of pressure that occurs when the air is warmed.
What is low pressure?
Type of storm that is a large violent storm with strong winds and heavy rains that begins over an ocean.
What is a hurricane?
Smooth gray clouds that are low in the sky and associated with light drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
Measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
Type of precipitation that is water vapor that changes directly into crystalline snowflakes due to freezing temperatures.
What is snow?
The type of front that forms when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
High, wispy clouds that signify rain or snow could be on the way.
What are cirrus clouds?
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Type of precipitation that is droplets of water that freeze as they get closer to the ground.
What is sleet?
The kind of weather that is associated with low pressure areas.
What is cloudy skies, precipitation, and warm weather?
The measure of heat energy in the air.
What is temperature?
A type of stratus cloud that is very low in the sky.
What is fog?
Measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Type of precipitation that is water droplets that freeze around ice crystals as they travel within a storm cloud.
What is hail?
The kind of weather that is associated with high pressure areas.
What is clear skies and fair, cool weather?
The weight of the air.
What is air pressure?