Weather Tools
Types of Clouds
Weather Symbols
Miscellaneous
Weather Systems
100

This weather tool measures the temperature.

What is Thermometer?

100

These are big, puffy, white clouds with flat bottoms.

What are Cumulus?

100

What is the symbol for a low pressure system?

What is a Capital L?

100

What is a meteorologist?

What is a person who studies and tracks weather?

100

What causes the weather from the West Coast to travels to the East Coast in a few days time?

What is the Jet Stream?

200

This weather tool measures wind speed.

What is Anemometer?

200

What do cirrus clouds look like?

What are thin, wispy, & feathery?

200

What is the symbol for a high pressure system?

What is a Capital H?

200

What temperature does the atmosphere need to be in order for snow to form?

What is 32 Degrees or Lower?

200

In NC, the wind is blowing from the North. If the wind changes directions and begins to blow from the South, what will result?

What is the temperature will increase?

300

This weather tool measures the weight of the air in an area.

What is Barometer?

300

These clouds look like a blanket across the sky.

What are Stratus?

300

What is the symbol for a cold front?

What is a Blue Line with Triangles?

300

What is most responsible for the changes of the season?

What is Earth's Axis?

300

A warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, what type of front is occurring and what weather will it bring?

What is a warm front and stratus clouds, rain and warmer weather?

400

This weather tool measures the amount of water vapor in the air.

What is Hygrometer?

400

What type of weather do cumulonimbus clouds bring?

What is Thunder, Lighting, Heavy Rain and Wind?

400

What is the symbol for a warm front?

What is a Red Line with 1/2 Circles?

400

What does the uneven heating of the Earth cause?

What is Wind?

400

What occurs during a sea breeze?

What is cool airs blows from the sea on the land during the day?

500

What direction does a wind vane point?

Where the wind is Coming From?

500
List the four clouds in order of height in the sky.

What is Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Cumulonimbus?

500

What is the symbol for a hurricane?

What is a Vector?

500

What is the difference between weather and climate?

What is daily occurrence versus several years?

500

How does the Gulf Stream affects the coast of North Carolina?

What is it causes land temperatures along the coast to be warmer in the winter and summer?

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