weather tools
The weather instrument that measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
The three cloud types.
What are stratus, cirrus, and cumulous clouds?
day-to-day changes in the conditions outside at a given time and place
What is weather?
the weight of the atmostphere on the Earth.
What is air pressure?
A person who studies and predicts the weather
What is a meteorologist?
Weather tool used to measure amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
Clouds that are thin, wispy, and high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
What is climate?
A boundary of an air mass with warmer air that leads with cirrus clouds and follows with heavy to lighter rain as the front moves.
What is a warm front?
Rain, snow, sleet and hail
What are examples of precipitation?
Weather tool used to measure wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Clouds that are big and fluffy like cotton balls
What are cumulus clouds?
Weather or Climate: The average yearly weather conditions in Florida are warm and rainy in the summer
What is climate?
The boundary of an air mass that has cooler air and brings rain and thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
The process in the water cycle where collected water is heated by the sun and turned into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
Weather instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
Clouds that are grey, have grey bottoms and come with light rain
What are stratus clouds?
Yesterday it was rainy, but today it is partly cloudy. Tomorrow it will be sunny
This type of air pressure brings sunny weather with little to no clouds
Average humidity in tropical areas (warm areas) closer to the equator
What is high humidity?
Weather instrument used to measure wind speed
The type of clouds that indicate a warm front is coming
What are cirrus clouds?
the pattern of temperatures and precipitation over decades
What is climate?
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
The process in the water cycle where water vapor in the air cools to create clouds
What is condensation?