Definitions
Weather Instruments
Types of Precipitation
Clouds
Temperature
100
What nature is doing now. It is constantly changing and is measured day to day.
What is weather?
100
Shows the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
100
Ice crystals that leave the cloud and don't melt before hitting the earth.
What is snow?
100
High up in the sky, wispy, curly coulds.
What are cirrus clouds?
100
32 degrees fahrenheit.
What is the freezing point of water in fahrenheit?
200
The uneven heating of the earth's surface.
What causes wind?
200
Measures the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
Water droplets that fall from the atmosphere and freeze into ice pellets before hitting the earth.
What is sleet?
200
Giant dark clouds that indicate a storm is coming.
What are cumuloimbus clouds?
200
212 degrees fahrenheit.
What is the boiling point of water at sea level (1 atmosphere) in fahrenheit?
300
When cold air replaces warm air. These fronts often bring hard rain and thunderstorms. The weather usually turns cooler and drier once it passes.
What is a cold front?
300
Measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
300
Frozen water droplets that grow larger while being held inside a cloud by strong updrafts. They may bounce when they hit the earth.
What is hail?
300
White fluffy clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
100 degrees celcius.
What is boiling point of water at sea level (1 atmosphere) in celcius?
400
The tilt of the Earth's axis.
What causes climate and seasons?
400
Measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
400
Water droplets that fall from the atmosphere to the earth.
What is rain?
400
Low lying clouds that cover the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
400
373.15 degrees kelvin.
What is the boiling point of water at sea level (1 atmosphere) in kelvin?
500
The average weather in a region. It is measured over a period of years.
What is climate?
500
Measures the speed of the wind.
What is anemometer?
500
Moisture that falls to the earth from clouds.
What is precipitation?
500
High cumulus cloud.
What is altocumulus?
500
0 degrees celcius.
What is the freezing point of water in celcius?
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