These clouds are composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds into long streamers. They are usually white and predict fair to pleasant weather.
What is cirrus clouds.
100
Meterologists use ____________ images to help them track and locate the weather.
What are satellites
100
This storm is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a tornado
100
The _______________ is a blanket of air that surrounds the earth
What is the atmosphere
100
Air moves from ________ pressure to ________ pressure.
What is high to low pressure.
200
These clouds are uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky. They resemble fog that doesn't reach the ground. Light mist or drizzle sometimes falls out of these clouds.
What are stratus clouds.
200
This type of severe weather results from days of heavy rain and/or melting snows, when rivers rise and go over their banks.
What is a flood.
200
In a low pressure system, you are likely to see what type of weather conditions?
What is wet conditions (precipitation)
300
These clouds are are caused by a wave wind pattern created by the mountains. They look like discs or flying saucers that form near mountains.
What is a lenticular cloud.
300
This weather instrument is used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer
300
This is a type of storm with lightning and thunder. Its produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, usually producing gusty winds, heavy rain and sometimes hail.
What is a thunderstorm
300
_____________ is the amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity
300
What are the four types of precipitation?
What is hail, rain, sleet, and snow.
400
These clouds are white, puffy clouds that look like pieces of floating cotton. Cumulus clouds are often called "fair-weather clouds". The base of each cloud is flat and the top of each cloud has rounded towers.
What is a cumulus cloud
400
This weather instrument is used for measuring humidity
What is a barometer
400
These type of storms form over tropical waters. Winds flow outward above the storm allowing the air below to rise. This causes a violent storm that hits land with fierce winds, and heavy rainfall. What type of storm is it?
What is a hurricane.
400
______________ temperatures are warmer than land temperatures at night. This is because the _______ releases heat more slowly through the night.
What is the ocean
400
____________ the average weather trend over a long period of time
What is climate
500
This type of cloud is actually a cloud on the ground. It is composed of billions of tiny water droplets floating in the air. Fog exists if the atmospheric visibility near the Earth's surface is reduced to 1 kilometer or less.
What is fog
500
This weather instrument tells us the direction the wind is blowing
What is a wind vane
500
A _____________ is a long-lasting snowstorm with very strong winds and intense snowfall.
What is a blizzard
500
__________ are classified into categories such as : light, severe, or gale.
What are winds
500
____________ is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place, at a certain time.