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Weather Instruments
Clouds
Water Cycle
Weather Information
Fronts and Pressure
100
What measures temperature?
A thermometer
100
I bring thunderstorms
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
100
What is water that flows over the ground?
Runoff
100
What is a person that studies weather?
Meteorologist
100
This front brings heavy rain or thunderstorms and moves warm air out.
What is cold front.
200
What measures air pressure?
What is a barometer
200
I am a high cloud made of ice crystals
What is a cirrus cloud
200
The way water returns to the earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet is called_________
precipitation.
200
What is government agency that monitors weather from satellites?
National Weather Service
200
This pressure system has sunshine, clear skies, and stable weather.
What is high pressure
300
What measures the amount of precipitation?
What is a rain gauge
300
What are clouds that are high, fluffy and appear during fair weather?
Cumulus clouds
300
What important item is needed for the water cycle to work?
The sun
300
What is a forecast?
A prediction of the weather
300
This front brings light rain for several days and moves a cold air mass.
What is warm front
400
What does an Anemometer do?
measures wind speed
400
What are clouds that are low, gray, flat clouds that often bring long periods of steady rain or snow?
Stratus clouds
400
When the sun's energy causes water on the earth surface to enter the air as water vapor it is called _________.
Evaporation.
400
In what direction does weather travel across the United States?
west to east
400
This pressure system has storms, is cloudy and has unstable weather.
What is low pressure
500
What does a hygrometer measure?
A hygrometer measures humidity
500
I am formed when a cloud is located close to the ground. This cloud holds moisture but does not form rain.
What is fog
500
Water vapor that rises into the air, cools and condenses into drops of water. When this happens clouds are formed is called _____
condensation
500
How do meteorologists track and predict weather?
By using satellites and weather balloons
500
A meteorologist reports a cold front coming in to your area, what kind of weather can you expect.
cold air and storms