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Vocabulary Terms
Clouds & Precipitaiton
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A person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
Clouds are formed by....
What is water vapor?
100
The sun's energy causes water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and puddles to ______, or change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporate?
100
Three types of clouds
What are Stratus, Cumulus, and Cirrus clouds?
100
A cloud that is low to the ground and is usually formed at night and morning when moist air is cool
What is Fog?
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
The four kinds of precipitation
What is rain, sleet, hail, and snow?
200
The National Weather Service issues a _______ when a certain weather condition has been spotted and people should take precautions to keep safe
What is Warning?
200
Meterologist use computer-generated maps to track weather patterns and to _____ what future weather might be
What is predict?
200
Why is it important to know the shapes of clouds
Knowing clouds shapes can give you clues about the kind of weather to expect
300
A tool that measures precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
300
Weather patterns in the United States usually move this direction
What is West to East?
300
The National Weather Service issues a _____ when conditions are right for severe weather to form
What is Watch?
300
When this type of weather is happening, stay away from all moving water, such as rivers and creeks
What is Flash Flood?
300
Cottonball Clouds
What are Cumulus Clouds?
400
Moisture that falls from clouds to the ground
What is precipitation?
400
A large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity
What is air mass?
400
A tool that measures humidity is the ______
What is Hygrometer?
400
When this type of weather is happening, stay away from tall trees.
What is Lightning?
400
These two do NOT mix
What are warm and cold air masses?
500
The line where two air masses meet
What is front?
500
The government agency that collects information about the weather
What is National Weather Service
500
As water vapor cools high in the sky and condenses into tiny water drops, _____ are formed
What are Clouds?
500
The process of the water cycle (in chronological order)
What is Precipitation, Runoff, Evaporation, and Condensation?
500
Meteorologists use this (7 things) to track weather patterns and to predict what future weather might be
What is humidity, air pressure, precipitation, air mass, computer generated maps, satellites, and weather balloons