Clouds
Weather Instruments
Precipitation
Fronts and Pressure
Severe Weather and Vocabulary
100

White and fluffy clouds that are associated with fair weather.

What are cumulus clouds?

100
Measures air temperature.

What is a thermometer?

100

The four types of precipation.

What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?

100

The boundary between two air masses.

What is a front?

100

Type of storm that is a violent funnel shaped storm of spinning wind.

What is a tornado?

200

Tall and dark clouds that are associated with thunderstorms.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

200

Measures precipitation.

What is a rain gauge?

200

Type of precipitation that is water vapor that forms liquid droplets.

What is rain?

200

The type of pressure that occurs when the air is warmed.

What is low pressure?

200

Type of storm that is a large violent storm with strong winds and heavy rains that begins over an ocean.

What is a hurricane?

300

Smooth gray clouds that are low in the sky and associated with light drizzle.

What are stratus clouds?

300

Measures wind direction.

What is a wind vane?

300

Type of precipitation that is water vapor that changes directly into crystalline snowflakes due to freezing temperatures.

What is snow?

300

The type of front that forms when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass.

What is a warm front?

300

The amount of moisture in the air.

What is humidity?

400

High, wispy clouds that signify rain or snow could be on the way.

What are cirrus clouds?

400

Measures wind speed.

What is an anemometer?

400

Type of precipitation that is droplets of water that freeze as they get closer to the ground.

What is sleet?

400

The kind of weather that is associated with low pressure areas.

What is cloudy skies, precipitation, and warm weather?

400

The measure of heat energy in the air.

What is temperature?

500

A type of stratus cloud that is very low in the sky.

What is fog?

500

Measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

500

Type of precipitation that is water droplets that freeze around ice crystals as they travel within a storm cloud.

What is hail?

500

The kind of weather that is associated with high pressure areas.

What is clear skies and fair, cool weather?

500

The weight of the air.

What is air pressure?