Ingredients of Weather
This ingredient measures how hot or cold the air is
What is temperature?
This tool measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
This type of cloud is fluffy and white (like a cotton ball)
What are cumulus clouds?
This part of the water cycle occurs when liquid water is heated and changed into a gas.
What is evaporation?
A cold front on a weather map is a curved line with this shape on it.
What is a triangle?
This ingredient of weather is "moving air"
What is wind?
This tool measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
This type of cloud is flat and layered. They are gray and might bring drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
This is rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain, or hail.
What is precipitation?
This how thunderstorms are shown on a weather map.
What is a cloud with raindrops and lighting bolts?
These are formed when water vapor is cooled (condensed)
What are clouds?
This tool measures rainfall
What is a rain gauge?
These clouds are feathery and high in the sky. They are wispy and sometimes called "mares' tails" because they look like a horse's tail.
What are cirrus clouds?
This occurs when water vapor (gas) is cooled and turned back into a liquid
This is what the two numbers next to a city on a weather map represent.
What are the high and low temperatures for that city?
What is humidity?
This tool measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This is another name for the "collection" of water that occurs in the water cycle.
What is runoff?
This is how fair weather with clear skies is shown on a weather map
What is a sun?
This ingredient includes rain, sleet, snow, hail and freezing rain
What is precipitation?
This tool shows wind direction
What is a wind vane or a weather vane?
This is a low-lying cloud that often makes it difficult to drive because you can see very far in front of you.
What is fog?
This is another name for the water cycle.
What is the hydrologic cycle?
This is the name of the person that studies weather maps and uses other tools to give a forecast
What is a meteorologist?