Weather Instruments
Fronts
Clouds
MISCELLANEOUS
Weather Factors
100
used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer
100
What kind of weather does a warm front bring? 

It brings fog, rain, or snow.

100
These are the four types of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
100

Weather is the condition of the ______ in a certain place and time.

AIR

100
This is how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
200

This instrument is used to measure wind direction. 

What is an wind vane?

200
This front occurs when a fast moving cold air mass pushes a warm air mass up quickly
What is a cold front?
200
These clouds look like a blanket covering the sky and often bring light rain or snow
What are stratus clouds?
200

What is moving air called?

WIND

200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
This instrument is used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
300

A type of front that acts like a boundary between  two air masses; it "stands still" ____________

Stationary Front 

300
These clouds are wispy and formed of ice crystals high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
300

When do clouds form?

When tiny drops of water and ice join together in the sky

300
The weight of air pressing down on Earth
What is air pressure?
400
This instrument is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
400
This front occurs when a warm air slides up over a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
400
These white, puffy clouds bring fair weather
What are cumulus clouds?
400

 ________ is an area's pattern of weather over a long period of time.

CLIMATE

400
Cool air has ________ air pressure than warm air
What is less?
500
This person uses weather instruments to help predict the weather
What is a meteorologist?
500
This front can cause a strong, brief storm, followed by cooler, drier weather
What is a cold front?
500
These clouds grow large and bring thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500

Humidity is the amount of ________ in the air.

MOISTURE

500
The higher your elevation the _____________ the air pressure
What is lower?
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