Weather Vocabulary
A fluffy cloud on sunny days
Cumulus cloud
Too much precipitation can cause?
Floods
Damaged homes/crops
Name 3 forms of precipitation.
Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
A dark, gray cloud
Stratus cloud
Which direction does sea breeze go?
Towards land
Too little precipitation can cause?
Droughts
Animals dying
Plants dying
Thin, whispy clouds
Cirrus cloud
The weight that presses down on the atmosphere is called?
Air pressure
Which direction does land breeze go?
Towards the sea
What causes air to feel damp and moist?
Humidity
When the air feels dry, do we have low or high humidity?
Low
When land does not get precipitation for a long time, it is called?
Drought
An anemometer measures?
Wind speed
Air pressure decreases as elevation...(increases or decreases)?
Increases
Snow can happen when it is? (Give 2 answers)
Very cold
Very high elevation