Weather Tools
A instrument used to tell the air temperature
Thermometer
This cloud looks like a cotton ball. It is white and fluffy and usually associated with fair weather unless it has vertical growth. What cloud is this?
Cumulus Cloud
What is the term of this definition? Describes the condition of the atmosphere. The condition may be (hot, cold, wet, dry, calm, stormy, clear, or cloudy.
Weather
Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and hail. What step of the water cycle is this?
Precipitation
Temperatures drop as you move up. Humidity drops as elevation increases. Average precipitation is 14 inches of rain and snow. What biome is this?
Mountains
Is an instrument used to measure precipitation
Rain Gauge
This cloud has a low altitude (around 7,000 feet). It is gray and flat. Often covers the entire sky in a low layer. Type of weather light mist ,drizzle. or light snow. It is composed of water. What cloud is this?
Stratus
What is the term for this definition?The long-term average weather patterns in a particular area.
Climate
The cooling of water in the atmosphere changes to *gas to liquid*
Condensation
Temperatures stay about 80 degrees Fahrenheit (never drop below 64 degrees Fahrenheit) Humidity is very high all the time and increases at night. Rainfall ranges from 160-400 inches a year. What biome is this?
A moveable device usually attached to a roof to show which way the wind is blowing?
Wind vane
This cloud has a high altitude (above 18,000 feet). It looks wispy, light and thin across the sky. Often referred to looking like feathers or pony tails. It is made of tiny ice crystals. Type of weather: fair weather; change in weather pattern in 24 hours.
Cirrus
Air temperature in the atmosphere is warmer than 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Causes this type of precipitation to go from solid to liquid. The surface is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Turns into tiny pieces of ice (slushie) when it hits the ground. (Occurs during winter time) What type of precipitation is this?
Sleet
Rainfall that falls and is not absorbed by the soil. What step of the water cycle is this?
Run-off
Summer temperatures never rise above (45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit). In winter (20 and -30 degrees Fahrenheit). Very low humidity due to extreme cold temperatures. Averages 6 to 10 inches of precipitation a year. What biome is this?
Tundra
Anemometer
Nimbus means "rain cloud"-cumulus brings rain and forms this cloud. (altitude 7,000- 50,00 +) Cloud turns dark grey and stretches high into a giant tower structure. Can reach over 50,00 feet tall. This cloud is composed of ice and water. Type of weather: rain, lightning, hail, and tornadoes. What cloud is this?
Hint: Cumulus forms into this cloud is there is vertical growth
Cumulonimbus
The air temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit the clouds are all the way to the ground. The water drops in solid form. (Normally associated with the winter months). What form of precipitation is this?
Snow
Early in the morning Sasha is on her way to work with her water bottle full of ice. She accidentally leaves the bottle in her car and doesn't notice until the very end of the day. As she is getting into her car she notices her bottle sweating and a large puddle in her cup holder. What process of the water cycle explains what the "sweat" was on Sasha's water bottle?
The water evaporated due to the water bottle being left in the hot car. The ice melted and turned into water vapor and condensated on the outside of the bottle.
The average daytime temperature is 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and 25 degrees Fahrenheit at night. Extremely low humidity (causing differences in day and night temperatures). Less than 10 inches of rain a year. What biome is this?
Desert
Barometer
This could means "rain" it sits low in the sky and is often below a cumulonimbus cloud? What cloud is this?
Nimbostratus
Comes with severe thunderstorms. In the clouds it is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing point) for water. Due to freezing in the clouds, water droplets freeze into tiny balls of ice. What type of precipitation is this?
Hail
One bright and sunny morning;Rufus, his sister Annabelle, and Michael all go to the beach. They notice a giant puddle located in the park lot of the beach. When the sun has set they head back to the car to go home and notice the puddle is gone. What happened to the puddle?
It evaporated due to the heat of the sun
Over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the Summer and -40 degrees in the Winter. Low humidity. Average 10 to 35 inches of precipitation a year. What biome is this?
Grasslands: prairie