Pressure Systems
Fronts
Weather Tools
Water Cycle
Precipitation
100
What can affect weather?
Air Pressure
100
Where does warm air go? Where does cold air go?
Warm air rises and cold air sinks.
100
I measure the direction of wind.
What is a weather vane?
100
Water vapor changes into droplets to form clouds.
Condensation
100
The most common for of precipitation that happens in the spring season.
Rain
200
What tool measures air pressure?
Barometer
200
What is a warm front?
When warm air pushes cold air.
200
Used to measure the air pressure around us.
What is a barometer?
200
Droplets fall down to earth in the form of snow, sleet, hail and rain, and then the process repeats.
Precipitation
200
Ice crystals that fall in light white flakes to the ground when the outdoor temperature falls below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Snow
300
What kind of pressure system gives you calm, clear weather with little precipitation?
High
300
What is a cold front?
When cold air pushes warm air.
300
If you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air or water, use me.
What is a thermometer?
300
When the sun causes liquid to turn into the gas phase.
Evaporation
300
Name 4 types of precipitation
What are rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
400
What kind of pressure system gives you cloudy, windy, and stormy weather?
Low
400
What is an occluded front?
When cold air comes behind and overtakes warm air.
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
A rain gauge
400
Another word for freezing rain.
What is sleet?
500
What is a stationary front?
When warm and cold air meet each other and don't move. It can lead to a few days of rainy weather.
500
Pellets of frozen rain (ice balls) that precipitate from cumulonimbus clouds.
Hail