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Clouds
Weather
Climate
Air pressure
Mystery
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types of clouds that look like cotton balls.
What is cumulus clouds?
100
Rain, snow, sleet and hail.
What is types of precipitation?
100
the weather of a certain place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
Air particles move close together and sink.
What is low air pressure?
100
Measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
200
types of clouds that are wispy and look like feathers.
What is cirrus clouds?
200
water vapor cools and starts turning back in to a liquid. The molecules stick to tiny particles of dust and dirt in the air.
What is how types of precipitation form?
200
tropical, temperate and polar.
What is climate zones?
200
Air particles spread apart and rise.
What is high air pressure?
200
Someone who studies weather and their patterns.
What is a meteorologist?
300
Types of clouds that cover much of the sky in layers
What is stratus clouds?
300
Water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
300
much of the U.S. is found here.
What is the temperate climate zone?
300
The weight of the atmosphere on the earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
300
Forms over the ocean and needs warm water to survive.
What is a hurricane?
400
Types of clouds that mean fair weather
What is cumulus and cirrus clouds?
400
the condition of the air at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
400
wet air that formed over the ocean rises up the side of a mountain.
What is the rain shadow effect?
400
Differences in air pressure causing air to move.
What is wind?
400
Objects used to make weather reports.
What is a weather satellite, a doppler radar and a weather station?
500
Types of clouds that mean rain or snow (storms).
What is stratus clouds?
500
cold air mass pushes a warm air mass followed by thunderheads and cool fair weather.
What is a cold front?
500
a warm ocean current that affects the temperature and precipitation of nearby coastal areas.
What is the Gulf Stream?
500
Measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
This is formed when warm air from the Gulf of Mexico mixes with cold air from the east.
What is a tornado?