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Water Cycle
Weather Instruments
Clouds
Climate
Miscellaneous weather
100
What happens when heat is added to ice?
What is ice melts and changes to liquid water.
100
A weather instrument that measures the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer.
100
Things in the lowest layer of the atmosphere made of tiny droplets of water.
What are clouds.
100
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate.
100
Someone who studies patterns and makes predictions about weather.
Who is a meterologist.
200
The change of water's state from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation.
200
An instrument that measures the depth of precipitation that has fallen.
What are rain gauge.
200
Dense white clouds with fluffy tops and flat bottoms usually meaning good weather.
What are cumulus clouds.
200
Imaginary line around Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
What is the equator.
200
Maps put together using information from weather instruments and from satellites to show temperature, wind, and humidity.
What are weather maps.
300
The change of water's state from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation
300
An instrument that shows the direction from which the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane (or weather vane)
300
Flat, layered clouds meaning cloudy weather with possibly some light rain.
What are stratus clouds.
300
The distance north and south of the equator that climate depends on.
What is latitude.
300
The blanket of air that covers and pushes down on Earth's surface.
What is the atmosphere.
400
Precipitation includes all of the following EXCEPT _______. a. snow b. dew c. hail d. rain
What is b. dew
400
A weather instrument that measures the wind speed.
What is an anemometer.
400
High, thin, and wispy clouds usually meaning good weather.
What are cirrus clouds.
400
Areas just north and south of the equator have a _______ climate.
What is tropical.
400
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather.
500
Water in the form of an invisible gas.
What is water vapor
500
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is barometer.
500
Heavy, gray clouds meaning bad weather with precipitation and can indicate mean thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus.
500
Closest to the poles, this climate is very cold.
What is polar climate.
500
A giant spark of electricity that jumps between a cloud and the ground.
What is lightning.