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Temperature
Pressure
Clouds
Precipitation
Wild Card
100
What unit is temperature measured in?
Degrees
100
What is air pressure?
The pressing down of air on the Earth
100
What type of cloud is white and fluffy and brings fair weather?
Cumulus
100
Name three types of precipitation
Rain, Snow, Hail, Drizzle, Thrunderstorms...
100
What tool is used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen?
Rain gauge
200
Name one of the two scales temperature is measured in
Farenheit or Celsius
200
What tool is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer
200
What type of cloud is thin, wispy and brings fair weather?
Cirrus
200
What is precipitation?
moisture that falls from the clouds to the ground
200
What tool is used to measure exact wind speed?
Anemometer
300
What tool is temperature measured with?
Thermometer
300
How does a barometer work?
When air pressure gets higher, it causes the mercury to rise in the tube.
300
What type of cloud is layered, grey and brings stormy weather?
Stratus
300
How does precipitation form?
Water vapor rises and cools to form tiny water drops. These water drops collect in the clouds until they becomes heavy enough to fall to Earth
300
What insect can we use to help use determine the temperature when we do not have a thermometer handy?
Crickets!
400
What liquid is a thermometer filled with?
Mercury
400
What kind of weather can we expect to see on a day with high pressure?
Fair weather
400
What is a special type of stratus cloud that lays close to the ground and is often seen early in the morning?
Fog
400
What is precipitation formed out of?
Water vapor
400
What does each rain drop start off as?
A snowflake!
500
How does a thermometer work?
When the air around the mercury gets warmer, the mercury gets warmer. Then the mercury expands and moves up the thermometer.
500
What kind of weather can we expect to see with low pressure?
Stormy weather
500
What is the name for storm clouds?
Nimbus
500
What does the temperature on Earth need to be in order for snow to fall instead of rain?
If the temperature is below freezing snow will fall. If the temperature is above freezing rain will fall.
500
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
Humidity