Measuring Weather Conditions
Measures how hot or cold something is
What is a thermometer?
Masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
What are clouds?
Studying weather maps help meteorologist ....
What is predict weather?
What is Winter?
Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is Troposphere?
Anemometer
What is measures wind speed?
Fog is a ______________ cloud
What is stratus?
Place where a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly rises above it.
What is a warm front?
Region that has the most snow and is the coldest in North Carolina
What is mountain region?
Weather moves from __________ to ___________
What is West to East?
Clear, sunny skies, fair weather is a ______________ system
What is high pressure system?
Clouds present during a thunderstorm.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
What is the water cycle?
Type of precipitation that falls the most in North Carolina.
What is rain?
Air current in the atmosphere that moves weather
What is a Jet Stream?
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
Clouds that are made of ice crystals and look like feathers high in the sky
What are Cirrus Clouds?
The change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaportion?
Warm ocean current that keeps North Carolina's weather mild during the winter
What is Gulf Stream?
Mid level winds that are present in the middle latitudes
What are prevailing westerlies?
Condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Step in the water cycle where clouds are formed.
What is condensation?
Large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity throughout.
What is an air mass?
Forms over warm ocean water and brings strong winds and heavy rains.
What is a hurricane?
The "engine" that powers the weather on Earth
What is the Sun?