Clouds Types and Weather
What type of clouds are called "fair weather clouds" and look like floating cotton?
Cumulus
What is used for measuring inch’s of rain?
Rain gauge
What type of weather does thunderstorms produce?
lightning, thunder, heavy rains, strong winds, hail and sometimes tornadoes.
What does this fall under, weather or climate? It has been raining for three days.
Weather
What layer of the atmosphere does weather happen in?
Troposphere
What cloud brews thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
Heavy gray clouds are called...
Cumulonimbus💨
What tool measures temperature?
What destruction do hurricanes cause?
It can create major flooding, heavy rain, and wind that shut down entire cities and cause major damage to buildings and the environment.
It usually snows in February in Arlington. Is this an example of weather or climate?
Climate
Why is the atmosphere important?
Protects us from damaging UV rays, keeps the Earth at the correct temperatures, and gives us Oxygen.
What cloud is also known as fog?
Stratus Clouds
Which clouds are low and cover the sky like a blanket?
Stratus
What tool measures wind direction?
A wind vane/a weather vane
What destruction do tornadoes cause?
The wind tears down buildings, trees, and anything in its path.
It can cost a lot of money to fix the damage.
It can take a lot of time for the environment to recover from the damage.
It typically is rainy in the spring in Virginia. Is this an example of weather or climate?
Climate
What layer of the atmosphere do planes fly in?
The bottom of the stratosphere and the very top of the troposphere above the clouds.
A meteorologist is someone who _____________.
Studies the weather using weather tools, and shares their weather predictions with others.
What are whispy clouds called?
Cirrus
What tool measures air pressure?
Barometer
How are tornados formed? 🌪
Air is pulled into the center and then rises up causing a funnel cloud to extend down from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Is a sunny day, climate or weather?
Weather
What is our atmosphere made of?
A. Oxygen, Nitrogen, and other gases
B. Oxygen
C. Oxygen and Nitrogen
A. Oxygen, Nitrogen, and other gases
BONUS: For 100 pts can you tell me what order the gasses are in from greatest to least?
What is another name for a tornado?
A twister!
When will you see cumulus clouds?
Sunny, nice days
What measures wind speed?
Anemometer
How are hurricanes formed?
Warm moist air rises over the ocean and begins circling. The spiraling winds begin gathering a cluster of clouds. Heavy rainfall and strong winds are a result.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Climate is over a large period of time and weather is day to day
As we climb a mountain what happens to the air pressure, and the temperature?
What are the four forms of precipitation?
Hail, rain ,snow ,sleet
When will you see a cirrus cloud?
A fair weather day when the weather is about to change. It usually means a storm will come.
What is air pressure?
The weight of the air!
How are thunderstorms formed?
Warm air rises, water is in the air, and wind lifts up the air. The warm moist air is pulled high into a cumulonimbus cloud where it cools and begins to fall again.
What are the four components of the water cycle?
Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation, and Run-off
How are clouds formed?
From water vapor that condenses then clusters together in droplets (ice crystals). Clouds are made from water vapor and dust.
A cold front is on its way to South Carolina. What kind of weather can we expect.
A sudden drop in temperatures, and also heavy rain, sometimes with hail, thunder, and lightning.
What type of weather can you expect with stratus clouds?
On very cloudy days with no sun, often there is a light rain.
What kind of weather does High air pressure bring?
clear skies and nice sunny weather.
When a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air to rise causes which front to form?
Cold Front
The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid is known as what phase in the watercycle?
Condensation
What type of weather does cumulonimbus clouds bring?
Thunderstorms!
What kind of weather does Low air pressure bring?
Cloudy skies, rain, and snow if temperatures are cold enough.
What type of weather can we expect from a stationary front?
Many days of clouds and precipitation.
1. Which phase do we see gas to liquid?
2. Which phase do we see liquid to gas?
1. precipitation 2.evaporation