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100
A person that studies the weather forecast.
What is a meterologist?
100
This is a instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100

This when an area does not get rain for a long period time.

What is a drought?

100

Name the 3 main parts of the Water Cycle.

What are precipitation, evaporation, and condensation?

100
Fluffy, mid-level clouds that develop in towering shapes and signal fair weather. They look like cotton balls.
What are cumulus clouds?
200

A prediction made by the meterologist is called _______. 

What is the forecast?

200

This is a weather tool that measures the direction the wind is blowing.

What is a wind vane or weather vane?

200

This is when water overflows onto normally dry land.

What is a flood?

200

This is what happens when water vapor is cooled in the atmosphere. 

Clouds are formed. 

200
________ are low-lying, gray and sheetlike clouds that often produce drizzle. They are the lowest clouds in the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
300

The condition of the air at a certain time and place.

What is weather?

300
_________ measures the amount of rain that falls.
What is a rain gauge?
300
____________ are winter storms with strong winds, low temperatures and snow.
What are blizzards?
300
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all types of.
What is precipitation?
300
___________ are thin, wispy clouds that form high in the atmosphere as their water vapor freezes into ice crystals. They are the highest clouds in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
400

The pattern of weather over a long period of time. 

What is climate? 

400
If the wind vane is pointing the direction of the "S" that means the wind is blowing _______.
What is South?
400
This a wild weather storm that occurs over oceans. This storm also produces strong winds, heavy rain and large, powerful waves.
What is a hurricane?
400
____________ is the process in which liquid water becomes vapor (gas). The heat from the sun causes water to disappear.
What is evaporation?
400

A cloud that forms close to the ground. 

What is fog?

500

This is where weather happens. 

What is the atmosphere. 

500

This tool measures wind speed.

What is an anemometer?

500
This storm starts to form over dry land from a spinning column of wind into a funnel cloud. This storm has very strong winds and along a narrow path.
What is a tornado?
500

A type of precipitation that consists of tiny ice crystals that stick together and fall from the sky

What is snow? 

500
A ___________ is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air.
What is a cloud?