Clouds
Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Hodge Podge
100
Clouds hold what?
Rain or ice (either answer is acceptable or both)
100
What is the name of the system that moves water around earth and our atmosphere?
Water cycle
100
I measure the speed of wind.
What is anemometer?
100
What type of cloud is big and fluffy and floats through the sky on a nice day?
Cumulus clouds
200
Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus, cirrus, and cumulonimbus
200
What is the general term for liquid falling from the sky? (hint: 13 letters)
Precipitation
200
if you have a fever or to meausre the temperature of the air, use me
What is a thermometer
200
Type of clouds that bring big storms
cumulonimbus
300
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
300
Name the four types of precipitation.
rain, snow, sleet, hail
300
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me.
What is a barometer?
300
I tell you what direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind (weather) vane?
400
what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
400
Clouds are formed through what process?
Condensation
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
400
This weather tool helps determine how much snow is on the ground.
Snow gauge
500
clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.
What is warm air
500
Water moving across earth's surface in streams and rivers is called?
Run-off
500
Use this tool to measure the humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
500
What does this symbol on a weather map mean?
High pressure