Weather vs. Climate
Types of Clouds
Weather Instruments
Types of Precipitation
Vocabulary
100

Weather or Climate: The average summer temperatures have increased over the last ten years.

What is Climate?

100

Wispy, feather-like clouds that bring fair weather. 

What are CIRRUS CLOUDS?

100
Weather instrument used to measure temperature. 

What is a THERMOMETER?

100

The four types of precipitation. 

What is RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, and HAIL?

100

An affix added to names of clouds to indicate precipitation or rain. 

What is NIMBO-?

200

Weather or Climate: The thunderstorm dropped about three centimeters of rain today. 

What is WEATHER?

200

Gray, blanket-like clouds that stretch across the sky and bring steady drizzle or long periods of precipitation. 

What are STRATUS CLOUDS?
200

Weather instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall or precipitation. 

What is a RAIN GAUGE?
200

Frozen precipitation melts in warm air and reaches the surface. 

What is RAIN?
200

Weather instrument used to measure the air pressure. 

What is a BAROMETER?

300

The conditions in one day. 

What is WEATHER?

300
Puffy, cotton ball-like clouds that brings sunny weather. 

What are CUMULUS CLOUDS?

300

Weather instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor in the air or the humidity.  

What is a HYGROMETER?
300

Frozen precipitation melts in warm air and then refreezes before reaching the surface.

What is SLEET?

300

Term used when sky is covered with clouds. 

What is the OVERCAST?

400

The conditions over a long time.

What is CLIMATE?

400

Stratus clouds that form low to the ground. 

What is FOG?

400
Weather instrument used to tell the direction of the wind. 

What is a WIND VANE? (Sometimes called a weather vane)

400

Frozen precipitation falls through cold air and reaches the surface.  No melting occurs.

What is SNOW?

400

The amount of water vapor in the air. 

What is HUMIDITY?

500

Most affects the temperature of an area? 

What is LATITUDE?

500

Dark clouds that stack vertically and bring storms and severe weather. 

What are CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS?

500
Weather instrument used to measure wind speed. 

What is an ANEMOMETER?

500

Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

What is HAIL?

500

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

What is the PRECIPITATION?