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This instrument measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Name 4 parts of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection?
100
Light and heat are forms of ______.
What is energy?
100
These clouds are puffy and usually a sign of good weather.
What is cumulus?
100
These are the 4 types of precipitation.
What are rain, sleet, snow, and hail?
200
If you were trying to measure the speed of the wind, you would need this weather tool.
What is an anemometer?
200
Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is gone. This is because of _________.
What is evaporation?
200
The measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
200
These clouds are wispy and featherlike.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
A large storm is heading in your direction from the ocean. It has been in the news for a week. The meteorologists call it a __________?
What is a hurricane?
300
If I wanted to know the direction the wind is blowing, I would use this weather tool.
What is a weather vane?
300
When water vapor cools and forms droplets of water or ice crystals in this stage of the water cycle. From gas to liquid
What is condensation?
300
Something that repeats over and over again.
What is a pattern?
300
These clouds are dark, puffy clouds that bring a lot of rain and stormy weather.
What is cumulonimbus?
300
A person who studies and predicts the weather is known as this.
What is a meteorologist?
400
This instrument measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
400
Liquid water evaporates into the air and becomes a gas known as _________.
What is water vapor?
400
The four types of severe storms
What are hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and blizzards?
400
These clouds are flat and gray and bring snow or rain.
What is stratus?
400
What are the four seasons?
What are spring, summer, fall, and winter?
500
This weather tool helps us measure the clouds in the sky.
What is a weather satellite
500
This makes the water cycle possible.
What is heat from the sun?
500
These three types of severe storms threaten Florida
What are thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes?
500
Scientists observe clouds to predict the weather. True or False
What is true?
500
When an area does not have rainfall over a long span of time.
What is a drought?