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A scientist who studies weather is called a _____.
meteorologist
A thermometer measures the amount of what in the atmosphere?
Heat energy
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time is called?
Climate
A rain gauge measures what?
The amount of precipitation
Is stratus cloud looks like what?
Layers of flat, gray blankets
A barometer measures what?
Air pressure
This cloud is low to the ground, flat and gray. It often brings steady, rain or snow. What is it?
Stratus cloud
A rising barometer usually means what?
Cooler temperatures and clear skies
What kind of clouds are thunderstorm clouds?
Cumulonimbus
When water droplets become big and heavy, this occurs.
Precipitation
Cirrus clouds are?
Thin, wispy shapes, like feathers
The government agency that has weather stations collecting information from all over the United States, is called what?
National weather service
Cirrus clouds can be found where?
High in the sky
An air mass is?
A large amount of air with the same temperature and humidity
Hey storm of heavy rain, lightning, and strong wind is a?
Thunderstorm
A storm made of a spinning, funnel shaped cloud is called what?
A tornado
A blizzard is a?
Very heavy snowstorm
Hurricanes are large, circular storms with a calm center called the what?
Eye
The boundary between two air masses is called a?
Front
The amount of water vapor in the air is called what?
Humidity
A cold front will bring what kind of weather?
Colder Weather
Blizzard’s feature, low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy what?
Snow
A warm front brings what kind of weather?
Warmer temperatures, and often a steady rain
Trying to predict the weather is known as what?
Weather forecasting
An anemometer is used to measure what?
Wind speed