States of Water
When water condenses it forms this...
What are clouds?
The sun's energy causes water to ________________.
What is evaporate?
The instrument you use to measure precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
What does a blue H mean on the weather map?
What is High pressure?
A person who studies and predicts weather.
What is a meteorologist?
The temperature at which water becomes a solid.
What is 32 degrees F?
When water vapor cools and becomes waterdroplets to form a cloud, this is called ________________.
What is condensation?
This weather instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
The type of weather you get in a high pressure area.
What is fair weather?
A cloud at or near the ground is called this.
What is fog?
When water evaporates, it changes from liquid to _____.
What is gas?
In the water cycle, this produces precipitation.
What are clouds?
The weather instrument that measures wind speed is called a(n) ____________
What is anemometer?
On a weather map this is a thin red line that has red half circles on it.
What is a warm front?
The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.
What is weather?
In order for a liquid to change to a gas this has to be added.
What is the heat energy?
These are 4 different types of precipitation.
What are rain, sleet, snow, or hail?
The weather instrument that measures the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
On a weather map, this is a blue line with triangles attached.
What is a cold front?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
In order for a liquid to turn to solid, you must this condition.
What is freezing temperatures?
These are 4 steps in the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection?
A ____________ shows the direction from which the wind blows.
What is a wind vane?
The type of weather that occurs near a cold front.
What are thunderstorms? (the temperature drops as well)
The average weather conditions of an area over many years.
What is climate?