Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather Instruments
Wind and Fronts
Bonus
100
The movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface.
What is the water cycle?
100
Wispy, feathery clouds
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
Measures atmospheric air pressure
What is a barometer?
100
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move. May bring clouds and precipitation.
What is a stationary front?
100
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
200
Rain, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation?
200
Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton
What is a cumulus cloud?
200
Measured by a wind vane
What is wind direction?
200
Measured in millibars
What is air pressure?
200
Type of pressure that creates nice, fair weather
What is high pressure?
300
Any form of water that falls from clouds
What is precipitation?
300
Clouds that form in flat layers
What is a stratus cloud?
300
Measured by an anemometer
What is wind speed?
300
A fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass. May cause clouds and heavy rain.
What is a cold front?
300
Type of pressure that creates clouds which may lead to precipitation
What is low pressure?
400
Water vapor cools as it rises, and changes into a liquid.
What is condensation?
400
Clouds that form at or near the ground
What is fog?
400
Measures precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
400
A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass. May bring rain or clouds for several days.
What is a warm front?
400
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
500
Water beneath the Earth's surface that comes from precipitation
What is groundwater?
500
Water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals
How do clouds form?
500
Measures relative humidity
What is a sling psychrometer?
500
The boundary where air masses meet
What is a front?
500
Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
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