Clouds and Layers
Weather Facts
Fronts and Masses Facts
Weather Tools
Grab Bag
100
These make up clouds
What is water vapor and dust particles or condensate nuclei?
100
The Earth's rotation makes the wind curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
100
The symbol for a cold front is a blue curved line with these shapes on it
What is are triangles?
100
I measure the speed of wind
What is a anemometer?
100
These type of clouds are low and cover the entire sky.
What are stratus clouds?
200
We live in this atmospheric layer.
What is the troposphere?
200
As you increase in altitude, this decreases.
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What is air pressure?
200
A curved red line with semi-circles on it is the symbol this type of weather.
What is a warm, cloudy, drizzly?
200
if you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air, use me.
What is a thermometer?
200
These cotton ball type clouds are typical during fair weather.
What are cumulous clouds?
300
This layer is where meteors burn up.
What is the mesosphere?
300
Warm air rises over the land, moves to the ocean/sea, then back to the land again.
What is an ocean/sea breeze?
300
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What is maritime tropical?
300
Use this to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
The most common gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
400
A type of cloud that is made of ice crystals, is high in the atmosphere and means fair weather.
What are cirrus clouds?
400
Winds always travel from here to here.
What is high pressure to low pressure?
400
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge?
400
The gas that has the ability to trap heat in the atmosphere.
What is ozone?
500
These clouds form and make big thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
During a hurricane, this produces most of the damage and can cause people to drown.
What is a storm surge or flooding?
500
A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is stationary front?
500
This person uses tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500
This type of pressure means clear, cold and calm weather.
What is high pressure?