Clouds
Precipitation
Weather
Measuring Weather
Random
100
Clouds are made of tiny droplets of _________ or ice crystals.
water
100
Rain, snow, and hail are all examples of what?
Precipitation
100
A scientist who studies weather is called a ________________
Meteorologist
100
What tool is used to measure temperature?
Thermometer
100
What color star is the hottest?
Blue
200
These Cirrus clouds form really high in the air where the air temperature is below freezing. This means they are made out of...
Ice crystals
200
This type of precipitation forms when the air temperature is above freezing.
Rain
200
Weather is the state of the _____________ at a given time and place.
Atmosphere
200
This shows an aneroid barometer. What does it measure?
Air pressure
200
Distances to stars are measured in units called _________
light years
300
What are these fluffy clouds called?
Cumulus
300
When frozen precipitation passes through warm air then cold air again, what will it be when it hits earth? (two correct answers)
Freezing Rain, Sleet
300
Humidity is the amount of ________ in the air.
Water vapor
300
What does this measure?
Precipitation/Rain
300
This is the largest planet in our solar system. Extra credit if you can say what that red circle is!
Jupiter - Great Red Spot (spinning windstorm)
400
These clouds are low and flat and cover the sky like a blanket.
Stratus
400
How does precipitation form?
Water droplets or ice crystals in clouds combine and get bigger until they become too heavy to stay in the air.
400
A change in air ____________ means a change in weather.
pressure
400
This instrument measures two different things about the wind. What does it measure?
Wind speed and wind direction
400
How is Earth unique among the planets in our solar system?
Liquid water, life, humans, etc.