Atmosphere
Weather inst./Precip.
Clouds
Severe Weather
Meteorology
100

The layer of atmosphere closest to the earth and where weather occurs

Troposphere

100
What an anemometer shows

Wind speed

100
What clouds are made from
Water vapor and ice crystals
100

A weather watch

Conditions are right for the severe weather to happen

100

A meteorologists studies this

Atmosphere and weather

200

The condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time

Weather

200

Temperature is measured by this

Thermometer

200

Cumulus clouds

Puffy

200

A weather warning

Severe weather IS happening
200

Water vapor in the atmosphere

Humidity
300

The weight of air

Air Pressure

300

Something a weather vane shows

Wind direction

300

Cirrus Clouds

Seriously high, light and wispy

300
Where a hurricane forms

Over water

300
Winds that happen because of the Earth's rotation

Global Winds

400

The distance above sea level

Altitude

400

Raindrops that freeze on their way to earth and land as tiny ice pellets

Sleet

400

The boundary where two UNLIKE air masses meet

Front

400

A tornado forms because of this

Two unlike air masses meet

400

The highest part of the atmosphere

Exosphere

500

The thin blanket of gases and dust particles that surrounds the earth is called

Atmosphere

500

Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth

Snow

500

Raindrops that are pushed up over and over again into TALL clouds and freeze before falling to the earth

Hail

500

Any cloud that has "nimbo" or "nimbus"

Contains rain or precipitation

500

Measures air pressure

Barometer

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