WEATHER TOOLS
BIOMES
CLOUDS
PRECIPITATION
WEATHER MAPS
100
Use this tool to measure the temperature.
thermometer
100
Receives less than 10 inches (25 cm.) of precipitation per year.
Desert
100
Thin wispy clouds high in the sky with no chance of rain.
Cirrus
100
Liquid precipitation
Rain
100
Name a city where snow is likely.
Denver
200
Sophia wanted to check the DIRECTION of the wind before going paddle boarding. She use this tool.
Wind Vane
200
Located near the equator, gets a lot of rain annually and has dense trees.
Rainforest
200
Low clouds, straight and flat across the entire sky like a blanket. Likely light rain all day.
Stratus
200
Precipitation that condenses directly into a solid at freezing temperatures (below 32F or 0C)
snow
200
This type of weather is coming toward Panama City Florida
Cold Front
300
Ryan is visiting Florida and noticed how humid the air is compared to where he lives. He used this tool to see just how humid it is outside.
Hygrometer
300
Very humid and almost always has standing water on the ground. The perfect climate for alligators and birds.
Wetland or Swamp
300
Puffy white clouds that look like figurines in the sky. White = Fair weather
Grey = Rainy weather
Cumulus
300
Raindrops that pass through a layer of frozen air and form beads of ice.
Sleet
300
According to the map, this location would most likely have the HIGHEST HUMIDITY.
Miami
400
The meteorologist claims it is going to rain 6 inches this weekend. You can use this tool to see it he is right.
Rain Gauge
400
Home to many grazing animals like gazelles, zebras and giraffe. Also called prairies, steppes, savannas or plains.
Grasslands
400
Dark towering thunderclouds that bring lightning and possible hail.
cumulonimbus
400
Formed inside a cumulonimbus cloud when air drafts in the cloud toss the droplet from liquid layers into frozen layers like a pinball game.
Hail
400
These NUMBERS are found in the TEMPERATE ZONE
1, 5, 8
500
This tool measures the wind speed during hurricanes and on other windy weather days.
Anemometer
500
Primarily located in the temperate zone, with seasonal weather, moderate precipitation (rain in summer, snow in winter), and gets colder with higher Altitude.
Mountains
500
A very low stratus cloud that makes it difficult to drive.
Fog
500
A drop in this would let you believe that stormy weather is headed your way.
Air Pressure
500
The 3 tools needed to give this forecast
thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer