Weather Measurement
This tool is used to measure temperature in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit
What is a thermometer?
The three main types of clouds
What are Cumulus, Cirrus and and Stratus?
The largest body of water on Earth, accounting for about 75% of Earth's surface
The day to day changes in the atmospheric conditions
What is weather
A device used to measure how much precipitation has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
This cloud is thick, low and near to the ground.
What are Stratus clouds?
Water droplets that fall to the Earth's surface in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
What is precipitation?
Scientists who observe, study and predict weather conditions
What is a meteorologist
This tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
These clouds have high tops and flat bottoms.
What are Cumulus clouds?
The process by which water is cooled in the atmosphere, changing gas to liquid
What is condensation?
Although they may seem magical, they are simply millions and millions of small water drops that attach to dust and pollution in the air
What are clouds?
This tool is used to determine the direction of the wind
What is a wind vane?
These clouds are thin, wispy and featherlike.
What are Cirrus clouds?
The process by which heat changes water from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
A funnel-shaped cloud that spins very fast and can be very destructive to humans
What is a tornado?
This tool is used to measure the speed of the wind
When moist winds from the ocean get forced up a set of mountains, causing a dry side and a rainy side of the mountain
What is the rain shadow effect?
The process by which water moves through the Earth and the atmosphere
What is the Water Cycle?
These begin over warm waters and have strong winds, rain and high ocean waves.
What is a hurricane