Weather Tools
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
100

Tool used for measuring the temperature.

What is a thermometer?

100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100

The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

What is weather?

100

Most common type of storm that usually has lightning

What is a thunderstorm?

200

The tool used for measuring the amount of precipitation, such as rainfall.

What is a rain gauge?

200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
300

The tool used for measuring wind speed?

What is an anemometer?

300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300

On a weather map this is marked with either an H or an L.

What is air pressure?

300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
400

The tool used for measuring the air pressure.

What is a barometer?

400

Clouds that forms at the earth’s surface and can make it hard to see, usually in the morning

What is fog?

400
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this.

What is precipitation?

400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
500

Tool used to measure the wind direction

What is a wind vane or weather vane?

500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500

The weather of a place over a long period of time

What is climate?

500

Another name for a hurricane that occurs in the Pacific Ocean

What is a typhoon?

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