Weather Vocabulary
Forms of Gas
Clouds
Weather Instruments
Surprise
100
Changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation
100
Something made up of matter, mixture of gases
What is Air
100
Billions of tiny drops of water that condensed from the air
What is a cloud
100
A device used to measure wind speed
What is an Anemometer
100
Name the driest place on Earth
What is Mount Waialeale
200
When there is a change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
200
A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that makes up about four fifths of the air
What is Nitrogen
200
Puffy clouds that look like cauliflower
What is a cumulus cloud
200
Something used to measure the amount of precipitation
What is a Rain Gauge
200
The process by which heat from the sun builds up near Earth's surface and is trapped by the atmosphere
What is the Greenhouse Effect
300
The push of air against its surroundings
What is Air Pressure
300
A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that makes up about one fifth of the air
What is Oxygen
300
Clouds that look like flat gray blankets that seem to cover the sky
What are stratus clouds
300
A device used to find wind direction
What is a Wind Vane
300
A device in space that are used to take pictures of clouds and to collect other weather information
What is a weather satellite
400
Areas where pressure is higher than the surrounding air
What is a High Pressure Area
400
A colorless, odorless gas
What is Carbon Dioxide
400
Clouds that look like commas or wisps of hair high in the sky
What are Cirrus clouds
400
A device used to measure air pressure
What is a Barometer
400
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
The movement of air over the Earth's surface
What is Wind
500
A blanket of air, which is make up of gases, liquids, and some solid matter
What is Atmosphere
500
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
What is Weather
500
A cloth bag that is narrow at one end and open at both ends
What is a Wind Sock
500
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of the Earth
What is Troposhere
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