Weather Instruments
Weather Predictions
Water Cycle
Cloud Types
Weather Miscellaneous
100
an instrument to record the amount of rainfall in a given area
What is rain guage?
100
liquid that falls from the sky when a cloud becomes saturated?
What is rain?
100
large body of warm or cold air
What is an air mass?
100
high feathery clouds that usually mean a c hange in weather is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
100
layers of air around the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
200
an instrument for measuring temperature
What is a thermometer?
200
frozen rain
What is sleet (or snow, or hail)?
200
when water turns from a liquid to a gas during heating
What is evaporation?
200
thick, gray clouds that often bring rain
What are stratus clouds?
200
the temperature at which tiny water drops form when water vapor condenses?
What is dew point?
300
an instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
tiny ice crystals that form when water vapor condenses near the ground and freezes
What is frost?
300
the movement of air from one place to another
What is wind?
300
puffy white clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
300
a craft that orbits the Earth and assists in weather forecasting?
What is a satellite?
400
an instrument that measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
400
a hot and wet climate near the equator
What is a tropical climate?
400
water in the form of a gas
What is evaporation?
400
tall cumulus c louds that bring thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
400
a scientist that studies weather
What is a meteorlogist?
500
an instrument that measures the amount of humidy in the air?
What is a hygrometer?
500
the climate zone furthest away from the equator
What is a polar climate?
500
the process of water vapor (gas) changing into a liquid through cooling
What is condensation?
500
puffy white clouds that are located high in the sky
What are altocumulus clouds?
500
when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass creating rain
What is a cold front?
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