Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Maps and Symbols
Instruments
Clouds and Storms
100
What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere?
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, exosphere?
100
What is water falling from the atmosphere called?
What is precipitation?
100
What are some of the things forecasters study to predict the weather?
What is air pressure, cloud types, wind direction, temperature, wind speeds, etc.?
100
What is the name of the instrument that measures temperature?
What is a thermometer?
100
Name three different types of violent storms.
What are: thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado?
200
What is the layer where most weather activity occurs?
What is troposphere?
200
What is rising water vapor called?
What is evaporation?
200
What is the symbol of high pressure?
What is H?
200
What is the name of the instrument that measures precipitation?
What is rain gauge or water gauge?
200
What are three types of precipitation?
What is rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
300
What are the two main gases in the earth's atmosphere?
What is oxygen and nitrogen?
300
What is the process that forms clouds called?
What is condensation?
300
What is the symbol for rain?
What is (drawing)?
300
What is the name of the instrument that measures wind direction?
What is a wind vane?
300
Which clouds are large and fluffy and indicate fair weather?
What is cumulus?
400
What is the layer in which jet planes fly?
What is stratosphere?
400
What three things are necessary for a cloud to form?
What is water, pressure, and dust, smoke or ice crystals?
400
What is the symbol for a cold front?
What is (drawing)?
400
What is the name of the instrument that measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
400
Which clouds are straight, gray, and bring drizzly rain?
What is stratus?
500
What are some properties of warm air?
What is: it rises, the molecules expand to be further apart, it pushes with less pressure than cold air?
500
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
What is the sun?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! What is the name for a scientist who studies the weather?
What is meteorologist?
500
What is the name of the instrument that measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
500
Which clouds are whisky, feathery, and high up in the sky?
What are cirrus clouds?
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