Weather
Clouds
Types of Weather
Measurement
Severe weather
100
Weather is what the ___ outside is like.
What is air?
100

Forms in the lower sky- flat clouds

cirus

100
No clouds or very few clouds.
What is sunny?
100
This instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
What is a funnel of wind that forms during a thunderstorm that comes down from the clouds and touches the earths surface?

tornado

200
Moving air is called this.
What is wind?
200

forms in the upper sky- looks whispy

strattus

200
Heavy precipitation with lightning and thunder.
What is stormy or thunderstorms?
200
This instrument measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
200

A large storm that forms over a body of water. This storm has an eye in the middle that has little to no precipitation in its center

hurricane

300
Weather changes from day to day and from season to ___.
What is season?
300

Puffy white clouds- you can look for shapes in them!

Cumulous 

300
Precipitation in the form of a solid that covers things with a white blanket.
What is snowy?
300
You need this to measure the amount of rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
300

When there is no precipitation for a long time, often causing animals to die and drinking water to become polluted

drought
400
Temperature is how ___ or ___ it is.
What is hot or cold?
400

Storm clouds that are often found in the high, middle, and low sky

cumulonimbus clouds

400

When precipitation falls from the sky?

rain

400
Temperature is measured in these units. (Today's temperature is 32 ___.)
What is degrees?
400

forms from cumulonimbus clouds when warm air and cold air meet

thunderstorms

500
Clouds form when warm air meets ___ air.
What is cooler air?
500

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500

When snow falls from the clouds, gets blown back up into the clouds and turns into ice pellets?

What is a hail

500
Scientists who study weather use lots of measurements. These scientists are called ___.
Who are meteorologists?
500

When snow falls so hard that you cannot see and the wind is moving very quickly

blizzard

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