Clouds
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
The Water Cycle
Miscellaneous
100
I am white and puffy, flat on the bottom, and accompanied by warm and sunny weather
What is cumulus
100
I am responsible for measuring air pressure
What is barometer
100
The type of front that uses triangles
What is cold front
100
Rain, sleet, snow, hail are all types of what?
What is precipitation
100
The name for the profession that deals with predicting and determining weather patterns.
What is meteorologist.
200
I am wispy, feathery, and look like hair. I am associated with fair weather.
What is cirrus
200
I am responsible for measuring wind speed.
What is anemometer
200
The equator is a line of
What is latitude
200
The water that travels to lakes, streams and oceans after a heavy rain storm is known as
What is surface run-off.
200
The location that is very warm and cuts earth in two, dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is equator.
300
I have sheets or layers of gray clouds; cover the sky, and am cloudy and gloomy, I may bring rain or snow!
What is stratus
300
The liquid found inside a thermometer that helps us read the temperature.
What is mercury or alcohol.
300
North America is located in what hemisphere?
What is the Northern Hemisphere.
300
Water changes from a liquid to a gas during this process.
What is evaporation
300
A storm that forms over warm water and brings on heavy wind and rain.
What is a hurricane
400
I look puffy and white on top, have a gray bottom , and I usually brings rain or snow; sometimes hurricanes.
What is cumulonimbus
400
I measure precipitation
What is rain gauge
400
The large blue H represents a high pressure system. What type of weather does a high pressure system bring?
A high pressure system usually brings cool, dry and fair weather.
400
Oceans, ponds, and rivers are known as ________________ in the water cycle?
What is collection
400
The direction that the jet stream travels
West to East. (California to North Carolina)
500
What is a cloud?
A form of condensation
500
How does a thermometer work?
the air temperature outside heats up the tube and the liquid's particles start to move and therefore move up the tube.
500
The large red L stands for a low pressure system. What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?
A low pressure system brings warm, moist, and stormy weather.
500
When plants sweat or give off water from the sun, it is known as...
What is transpiration
500
During an El Nino season, what happens to the oceans waters?
They become warmer at the equator
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