The Atmosphere and Weather
Air Temperature and Humidity
Clouds and Precipitation
Weather and Climate
Tools We Use to Measure Weather
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This is the way the atmosphere is at a certain place and time.
What is climate?
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The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
100
The water that falls from clouds.
What is precipitation?
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This is the pattern of weather in a place over many years.
What is climate?
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This tool is used to measure precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is moving air.
What is wind?
200
The measure of how hot of cold an object is.
What is temperature?
200
These clouds are puffy white heaps.
What are Cumulus clouds?
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Any disturbance in the usual atmosphere.
What is a storm?
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This tool is used to measure the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
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Name the sense: We _______ the air is cool.
What is feel?
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This heats water to become water vapor.
What is sun?
300
These clouds are thin and wispy.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A windstorm shaped like a funnel.
What is a tornado?
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This tool is used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
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Name the sense: We _________ the air move the sand around us.
What is see?
400
When the thermometer reads 0 degrees Celsius it is this.
What is freezing (or cold)?
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These clouds are flat sheets.
What are stratus clouds?
400
A storm with lightning and thunder.
What is a thunderstorm?
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This tool is used to measure the direction of wind.
What is a windsock?
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The layer of air surrounding Earth.
What is atmosphere?
500
When the thermometer reads 50 degrees Celsius it is this.
What is hot?
500
These are four types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
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In this type of storm you should stay away from water.
What is a thunderstorm?
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This tool is used to measure humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
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