Weather Potpourri
Clouds
Weather Instruments
The Water Cycle
Winds
100
The condition of the earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is weather
100
Featherlike, wispy clouds that usually mean fair weather or a change in weather.
What is cirrus clouds
100
A weather instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer
100
The process by which a gas cools and changes to a liquid .
What is condensation
100
The unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean that impacts weather all around the world.
What is El Nino
200
The average weather conditions in a area over a period of time.
What is climate
200
A flat, low-lying cloud that covers the sky like a blanket; can produce rain or snow
What is stratus clouds
200
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer
200
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation
200
Responsible for many of the weather movements across the United States and Canada
What is prevailing westerlies
300
a weather system that usually brings cloudiness and stormy weather A weather system that usually brings cloudiness and stormy weather
What is low pressure system
300
Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton and usually mean fair weather
What is cumulous clouds
300
An instrument that measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane.
300
The process by which a liquid heats up and changes into a gas
What is evaporation
300
Winds in North America blow from _____________ to _____________.
What is west to east
400
Where two air masses meet.
What is a front
400
Dark low-level clouds with precipitation.
What is nimbostratus
400
An instrument that measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge
400
Water from rain or melted snow that flows along the earth's surface and into larger bodies of water
What is run-off
400
A powerful warm, swift Atlantic ocean current[?] that flows along the coast of the Eastern United States
What is the Gulf Stream
500
Generally brings clear skies and calm air or gentle breezes.
What is a high pressure system
500
A vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus
500
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer
500
Loss of water from a plant through its leaves
What is transpiration
500
Caused by differences in temperature between two large air masses. As colder air tries to move toward the warmer air, winds form.
What is a jet stream
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