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A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is TEMPERATURE?
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A tool used to measure temperature.
What is THERMOMETER?
100
Liquid precipitation in the form of water drops that falls from clouds for several hours.
What is RAIN?
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A storm that always has lightning and thunder, often accompanied by rain, hail, and high winds.
What is a THUNDERSTORM?
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Precipitation that is composed of white ice crystals that fall from clouds.
What is SNOW?
200
A tool used to measure rainfall.
What is a RAIN GAUGE?
200

A scientist who studies and predicts the weather.

What is a METEOROLOGIST?

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It begins as a funnel cloud with spinning columns of air that drop down from a severe thunderstorm. Characterized by spinning winds, up to 300 miles per hour, which can lift houses into the air and rip trees from the ground.
What is a TORNADO?
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A cloud on the ground that reduces visibility.
What is FOG?
300

An instrument meteorologists use to study wind direction.

What is a WIND VANE?

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The condition of the air during one short time and place. Thunder, lightning, rainbows and other special events are all part of this.

What is WEATHER?

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It results from days of heavy rain and/or melting snows, when rivers rise and go over their banks.
What is a FLOOD?
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A pattern of weather conditions in a particular area over a long period of time.

What is CLIMATE?

400

A tool meteorologists stand in front of when giving their weather reports. It is one color but will show a map on the broadcast.

What is GREEN SCREEN?

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The four directions used to describe how the wind is blowing.

North, South, East, and West

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The second stage of the water cycle where droplets form clouds?

What is CONDENSATION?

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General name for water in any form falling from clouds. This includes rain, drizzle, hail, snow and sleet.
What is PRECIPITATION?
500

These are the two things meteorologists study when looking at wind. 

What is WIND DIRECTION AND STRENGTH?

500

The study of weather

What is METEOROLOGY?

500

The result of static electricity. It strikes higher objects during thunderstorms.

What is LIGHTNING?