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Vocabulary
100
What are clouds made of?
What is water and dust particles
100
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
100
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it
What is triangle
100
I measure the speed of wind
What is anemometer
100
the severity of a Hurricane is ranked using
What are numbers
100
Emily records seasonal changes in Charlotte. She uses monthly averages of temperature and precipitation to do this. What is she observing?
A. the water cycle
B. the weather
C. the climate
D. cold fronts
B. the weather
100
an instrument used to measure windspeed
wind vane
200
Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus
200
When clouds become saturated it begins to
What is rain
200
A curved blue line with semi cirlcles on it is the symbol for a ?
What is warm front
200
if you have a fever or to meausre the temperature of the air, use me
What is a thermometer
200
after 1979 hurricanes were named this way?
What is alternating male and female names
200
Which factor will most likely increase evaporation rates?
A. an increase in transpiration
B. a decrease in sunlight
C. an increase in sunlight
D. an increase in conduction
C. an increase in sunlight
200
A predict upcoming weather events
forecast
300
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
300
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
What is precipitation
300
A cold mass produces this kind of slope
What is steep
300
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me
What is a barometer
300
The most severe hurricane would be a category..?
What is 5
300
What type of weather will the front
shown bring?
A.Cold and wet
B.Cold and dry
C.Warm and dry
D. Warm and wet
Warm and wet
300
Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
climate
400
what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
400
Electrical charges in clouds can produce
What is lightning
400
As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
What is heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge
400
A massive wave casued by an underwater earthquake is called a ?
What is tsunami
400
What creates global winds?
A. differences in the geography of the land
B. difference in precipitation
C. difference in clouds
D. difference in sunlight
A. differences in the geography of the land
400
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the area
humidity
500
What School I go to
Carver Middle School
500
Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
What is a meteorologist
500
warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
What is warm
500
Send me high on up to measure conditions in the upper atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon
500
Which country would most likely be affected by a typhoon?
What is Japan
500
A rising barometer means that the weather will most likely:
A. improve
B. stay the same
C. get worse
D. get warmer
A. improve
500
An instrument to measure wind speed
anemometer