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What are clouds made of?

water

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Humidity is the amount of this in the air?

water vapor or moisture

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The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it?

triangle

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What do you use if you have a fever or to measure the air temperature?

thermometer

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The severity of a Hurricane is ranked using?

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed.

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Name 3 types of clouds?

cirrocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus

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When clouds become saturated it begins to?

rain

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A curved red line with semi circles on it is the symbol for?

warm front

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What do you use to measure how much rain fell in a certain period of time?  

rain gauge

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The most severe hurricane would be a category..?

5

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What type of cloud is wispy and feathery?

cirrus

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Any form of water that falls from the sky is called?

precipitation

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What is one terminology used to describe cloud coverage?

few, scattered, broken, overcast
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Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure you use a?

barometer

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After 1979 hurricanes were named this way?  

alternating male and female names

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What type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?

stratus

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Electrical charges in clouds can produce?

lightning

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As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow?

winds become gusty; there is a sudden drop in temperature, and heavy rain, sometimes with hail, thunder, and lightning

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What measures the speed of wind?    

anemometer

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A massive wave caused by an underwater earthquake is called a?

tsunami

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Clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.

moist, warm air

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Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a?

meteorologist

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Wind speed is measured in?

 knots

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What do you send up into the upper atmosphere to measure conditions?

weather balloon

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What is one of the top 3 countries to be most likely affected by a typhoon?

China, Philippines, Japan

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