Weather Instruments
The Water Cycle
Clouds
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A tool that measures the direction of the wind?
What is a weather vane?
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Rain, sleet, hail, and snow are different types of this.
What is precipitation?
100
Big, puffy white clouds that mostly bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
The center of a hurricane.
What is the EYE
100
A person who studies the weather is known as a
What is a meteorologist
200
A tool that measures the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer
200
To change from a liquid to a gas. Heat from the sun causes this to happen?
What is evaporation?
200
Low level blanket-like clouds that typically bring rainy weather.
What are stratus clouds?
200
The place in the United States where the majority of tornadoes occur
What is tornado alley
200
When scientists study weather patterns of a place over a LONG period of time, this is known as the _____________ of the region
What is the climate
300
A tool that measures how hot or cold something is
What is a thermometer
300
To change from water vapor gas into liquid. This is the process by which clouds form.
What is condensation?
300
Wispy, feathery-like clouds that form at high altitudes. Ice crystals can be found in these clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
300
You divide by this number to determine how many miles away a storm is?
What is 5
300
The layer of the atmosphere that we live in?
What is troposphere?
400
A tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer
400
When plants release water vapor into the atmosphere, this is known as.
What is transpiration?
400
When particles within a cloud jump and collide, this can form during a storm
What is lightning
400
The top of the stratosphere is known as the
What is ozone layer
500
A tool that measures the amount of rain that fell?
What is a rain gauge?
500
The continuous recycling of water throughout the earth's surface.
What is the Water cycle
500
A medium level cloud might have this word attached to its name
What is "alto"
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The safest place to be during a tornado
What is the basement
500
An earthquake that happens underneath the earth's surface is known as
What is a tsunami
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