Clouds
Severe Weather
It's About the Air
Weather Tools
Hodge Podge
100
The matter that makes clouds
What is water vapor?
100
This has warm air temperature, twisting column of air and can produce hail and rain.
What is tornado?
100
It causes lousy and stormy weather.
What is a low pressure area?
100
I measure the speed of wind.
What is anemometer?
100
This type of precipitation is formed in very cold clouds when the water vapor's temperature is below freezing.
What is snow?
200
Whispy, feathery clouds that indicate fair weather
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This has an eye and is considered the most dangerous storm.
What is Hurricane?
200
It causes happy, fair weather.
What is a high pressure area?
200
if you have a fever or to meausre the temperature of the air, use me
What is a thermometer
200
This type of precipitation forms when water molecules join together until they are so heavy that they fall to the Earth.
What is rain?
300
Clouds shaped like cotton balls that indicate fair weather.
What is a cumulus cloud?
300
This has rain, thunder, and lightning.
What is thunderstorm?
300
free points
What is no
300
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me.
What is a barometer?
300
I tell you what direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind (weather) vane?
400
A type of cloud appears as a blanket stretched across the sky
What are stratus clouds?
400
You should take cover in a ditch or basement for this type of storm.
What is tornado?
400
Cold air sinks and presses on the ground.
What is a high pressure area?
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
400
This type of precipitation freezes and is pushed back into the air by the wind to collect more freezing rain before it finally gets too heavy and falls to the ground.
What is hail?
500
Large explosive clouds that indicate a hurricane
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
You should move inland and board up your windows during this type of storm. Don't be fooled by the eye.
What is a hurricane?
500
The type of weather you can expect with a high pressure area.
What is happy or fair weather?
500
Use this tool to measure the humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
500
You can expect this type of weather when you see this symbol on a weather map.
What is fair (happy) weather?