Clouds
Water Cycle
Storms
Vocabulary
Weather Tools/Maps
100
This cloud is made of ice crystals and is high in the atmosphere.
What is cirrus
100
This is nature's way of recycling water.
What is water cycle
100
This is the layer of atmosphere where weather happens
What is troposphere
100
Winds rotate because Earth rotates on its axis
What is Coriolis Effect
100
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
200
This cloud produces heavy thunderstorms and sometimes tornados.
What is cumulonimbus
200
These are made when water vapor cools.
What is clouds
200
This is a violent rotating funnel shaped cloud.
What is a tornado
200
Heat Transfer through direct contact.
What is conduction
200
Measures the direction of wind.
What is wind vane
300
This cloud is a puffy, fair weather cloud.
What is cumulus
300
This is the stage where large bodies of water are heated and water vapor is formed.
What is evaporation
300
Hurricanes need what to survive?
What is warm water and humid air
300
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
300
Measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
This low level cloud brings precipitation.
What is nimbostratus
400
This comes in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation
400
Cumulonimbus clouds form from what type of front?
What is stationary front
400
A cold air mass that over takes a warm air mass.
What is Cold Front
400
3 instruments used to gather weather data
What is radar stations, airplanes, ships, ground stations, satellites, weather balloons, and weather buoys
500
This word means "middle".
What is alto
500
This happens when water vapor cools and thickens.
What is condensation
500
This is the tornado scale
What is Fujita Scale
500
This type of air mass brings bad weather.
What is low pressure air mass
500
These connect areas on a map with the same air pressure/temperature.
What is Isobars
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