Meterologists
Clouds
Weather
Instruments
Stormy Weather
Weather Trivia
100
Scientist who studies the atmoshere and weather.
What is meterologist?
100
This is the result of water vapor condensing on dust particles in the cooler atmosphere.
What are clouds?
100
This weather instrument measure the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
Before it becomes a hurricane, it is known as a
What is a tropical storm?
100
These appear when sunlight shines through water droplets in the air.
What is a rainbow?
200
Balloon that is used to collect weather data from high in the atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon?
200
These are high feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This weather instrument measures the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape over water
What is a water spout?
200
Winds that move over large parts of Earth's surface.
What are prevailing or global winds?
300
Bottom layer of the Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
300
These clouds mean layers in Latin.
What are stratus clouds?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
This type of air pressure is associated with stormy weather.
What is low air pressure?
300
This is the boundary between two unlike air masses.
What is a front?
400
This is the prediction of what the weather will be in the future.
What is a forecast?
400
These clouds mean heaps in Latin. They are associated with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
Place where a cold air mass and warm air mass meet, but neither moves.
What is a stationary front?
400
This is a map that shows weather conditions over a large area.
What is a weather map?
500
This is a line on a weather map that connects stations that have the same air pressure.
What is an isobar?
500
These are man-made clouds.
What are contrails?
500
This weather instrument measures the amount of humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
500
This is caused by differences in temperature and pressure.
What is wind?
500
This is the layer of air surrounding the Earth.
What is atmosphere?
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