Tools
Collection
Reading Maps
Water Cycle
Fronts
100
The weather tool that measures wind direction
What is a wind vane?
100
The collection device that carries various instruments high into the troposphere and stratosphere
What is a weather balloon?
100
The scientist that studies weather patterns and predicts the weather
Who is a meteorologist?
100
The 3 major stages of the water cycle
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
100
When two air masses meet and the colder air mass pushes the warm air mass upward to create thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
200
The weather tool that measures humidity
What is hygrometer?
200
The collection device in the exosphere that takes pictures of earth's surface, clouds, and storms
What is a weather satellite?
200
The two cities with the warmest temperatures: Seattle 54/48 Cheyenne 41/24 Boston 52/42 Miami 77/68
What are Miami and Seattle?
200
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity?
200
When two air masses meet and neither push the other out of the way causing steady rain or snow over several days
What is a stationary front?
300
The weather tool that measures air pressure
What is barometer?
300
The collection device that scan an area for precipitation
What is a weather radar?
300
On a weather map, the weather indicated by a blue line with triangles
What is a thunderstorm?
300
Clouds that are gray, layered and brings steady rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
300
When three air masses meet and the warm air mass gets pushed up allowing the colder masses to meet creating stormy weather
What is an occluded front?
400
The weather tool that measures wind speed
What is anemometer?
400
The lines joining places on a map that have the same air temperature
What is isotherms?
400
Weather an area is having during a low pressure system
What is cloudy weather and precipitation?
400
Wispy clouds that are made of ice crystals, high in the sky, and can be seen on fair weather days
What are cirrus clouds?
400
The two types of extreme weather that can occur during a cold front
What are thunderstorms and tornadoes?
500
The weather that is associated with a barometer's low reading
What is stormy weather?
500
The lines joining place on a map that have the same air pressure
What is isobars?
500
The weather occurring when a weather map indicates an H with a circle around it.
What is clear, fair, and sunny?
500
The 5 types of precipitation
What is snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain, and hail?
500
The type of extreme weather that forms from very warm, moist air over the ocean and causes heavy rains and very strong winds
What is a hurricane?
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