Types of clouds
What type of cloud is flat and smooth?
stratus
What is rain?
Water droplets that fall to Earth
What is evaporation?
The transfer of water from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere
A device used for measuring wind speed and direction
anemometer
What type of cloud is puffy?
cumulus
What is hail?
Water droplets that freeze in the clouds
What is transpiration?
The evaporation of water through minute pores, or stomata, in the leaves of plants.
A device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient
thermometer
What type of cloud is high up and wispy?
cirrus
What is snow?
Snow falls in the form of ice crystals
The transition process from the vapour state to the liquid state
An instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor in air, in soil, or in confined spaces
Hygrometer
What type of cloud produces precipitation?
nimbus
What is Virga?
Type of precipitation that begins to fall from a cloud, but evaporates before it reaches the surface of the Earth.
What is precipitation?
Water vapour in the atmosphere is released
An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
Barometer
A device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain which falls.
Rain Guage