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Weather Events
Clouds
Vocabulary
Tools
Predicting Weather Data
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Event that leads to high winds and flooding

What is hurricane?

100
Piled up puffy clouds, that usually bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
100

Event that occurs when water has no where to drain after heavy rainfall

What is flooding?

100
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100

High winds and dropping temperature

What is bad weather

200

Event that leads to rainstorms, thunder, and lightning

What is a thunderstorm?

200
A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky. They usually bring rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
200

The condition of the air around us daily that can cause damage to ecosystems.

What is weather?

200
A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
200

Low winds, cumulus clouds, and no rain.

What is good weather?

300

Caused by low rainfall and high temperatures

What is a drought?

300
High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles.
What are cirrus clouds?
300

The average or typical weather in a particular area over several years that may cause animals to adapt.

What is climate?

300
A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300

Funnel cloud, high winds, and low rain.

What is a tornado?

400
A funnel shaped windstrom that emerges from a thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?
400
Rain clouds.
What are nimbus clouds?
400

The weight of air pushing down on earth.

What is air pressure?

400
A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400

Cumulonimbus clouds, winds of over 160 MPH, and heavy rain

What is a hurricane?

500

Caused by high winds and flooding, causes structures to break away over time.

What is erosion?

500

The weather that comes from cumulonimbus clouds.

What are thunderstorms?

500

The part of the water cycle where tiny drops of water collect into large enough droplets to fall to the ground as; rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

What is precipitation?

500
A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500

Increasing temperature and decreasing rainfall.

What is a drought?