Clouds
part of the water cycle where clouds form
weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere
What is the Troposphere?
The symbol for a cold front is a blue curved line with this shape on it.
What is a triangle?
Measures the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
A large swirling low pressure system that forms over warm tropical water.
What is a hurricane?
4 types of clouds
Cumulous, cumulonimbus, stratus, cirrus
Largest amount of gas in our atmosphere (78%)
What is Nitrogen?
A symbol with a red curved line with simi circles on it indicates this.
What is a Warm Front?
Measures that temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
A violent rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstom cloud to the ground. (on land)
What is a tornado?
type of cloud that is whispy and feathery.
Heat Energy source that keeps the water cycle going.
What is the Sun?
A warm front is approaching NC. After the front passes what can we expect from the temperatures?
What is warmer temperatures?
This tool measures air pressure..
What is a Barometer?
Most common type of storm.
What is a Thunderstorm?
type of cloud that appears as a blanket over the sky. Brings steady rain
What is Oxygen?
As a result of a cold front this type of weather will be sure to happen.
What is a Thunderstorm or severe weather?
This tool measures the amount of precipitation in an area.
What is a rain gauge?
This happens when there has been too much precipitation and the ground is too saturated to hold more water
What is flooding?
Couds form when this type of air rises, expands and cools
What is warm air?
When Heat energy changes liquid water to a gas.
This front happens when two air masses with the same strength meet and neither move. This brings days of rain.
What is a stationary front?
This shows wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
What is the term used when the warm air rises quickly during the formation of a Thunderstorm?
What is an updraft?