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Climate, Weather, Atmosphere
Air Masses & Fronts
Clouds
Storms
100
Measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100

The day-to-day changes within our troposphere that's reported as a forecast. 

What is weather?

100

This kind of air mass comes from the equator. 

What is a warm air mass. 

100

This cloud is associated to nice weather. 

What is Cumulus?

100

Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail are examples of this. 

What is precipitation?

200
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is when cold, heavier air pushes down on the Earth's surface.
What is high pressure?
200

Weather data over a period of 30 years that is reported as averages.

What is climate?

200
Fluffy and white clouds with flat bottoms
What is cumulus?
200
A storm that produces high wind speeds and funnel-shaped clouds
What is a tornado?
300

Uses Weather Instruments and Data to predict the weather. 

What is a meteorologist?

300

The layer of the atmosphere in which we live. 

What is the troposphere?

300

The term for the boundary between two air masses?

What is a front?

300
Thin, wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
300
A tropical storm that forms over an ocean; produces high winds, heavy rain, and large waves
What is a hurricane?
400
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
400

Layer of the atmoosphere that planes fly in to avoid bad weather. This layer is also where our ozone layer is found. 

What is the stratosphere?

400

This type of front brings thunderstorms and cool weather.

What is a cold front?

400
Smooth, gray, flat, sheet-like clouds that spread out over the sky
What is stratus?
400
Cumulonimbus clouds can produce this storm with heavy rain, strong wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500

The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs.

What is the troposhere?

500

This type of front brings a period of rain and warmer weather. 

What is a warm front?

500
Type of cloud that looks like a gray blanket or puffs of smoke; usually produces a thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
500
SEVERE storms that form over land; can travel 800 kilometers (497 miles) per hour ; occur most often in spring and early summer
What are tornadoes?