Clouds
Storms
Causes of weather
Measuring devices
Weather Terms
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
Stratus Clouds
100
The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very high voltage between cloud and ground or within a cloud. Followed by the sound of thunder.
What is Lightning? 
100
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this
What is a drought?
100
A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building
What is a weather vane?
100
The weather conditions that consistent over a period of time for a specific geographical area.
What is climate? 
200
White puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton, usually these clouds are considered fair weather or no risk.
What are cumulus clouds?
200
A sound that is caused by the expansion of rapidly heated air. Occurs following a lightning strike
What is Thunder?
200
Destruction caused by an overflow of water, usually caused by a tropical storm or extreme mountain runoff.
What is a flood?
200
An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude
Barometer
200
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards to heat, dryness, sunshine wind, rain.
What is weather?
300
Thin feathery clouds that are found high in the sky. They are a sign that snow or rain is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A spinning cloud with a funnel like shape.
What is a tornado?
300
A lack of food caused by poor farming weather.
What is famine?
300
An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically consisting of markings on an enclosed tube full of mercury or alcohol.
What is a thermometer
300
A substance diffused or suspended in the air. Caused by a chemical reaction of liquid or solid into a gas
What is vapor? 
400
A cloud that occurs on earths surface
What is fog?
400
A tropical storm that involves violent wind and rain. Occurs over large bodies of water.
What is a hurricane?
400
An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind
Anemometer 
400
A number that describe the amount of water vapor (moisture) in the air.
What is humidity?
500
Tall dark clouds, that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds are coming.
What are cumulonimbus clouds? 
500
Another name for a hurricane, occurs on the pacific ocean and Indian ocean
What is a typhoon?
500
A device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls
what is a rain gauge? 
500
The study of weather and the phenomena of the atmosphere.
What is meteorology?