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Weather Instruments
Cloud Types
Severe Weather
Water Cycle
Weather
100
The tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer
100
A white, puffy cloud with a flat bottom.
What is a cumulus cloud
100
A long funnel that forms over land and causes lots of damage.
What is a tornado
100
A water in gas form.
What is water vapor
100
This is what can be predicted by observing clouds.
What is the weather
200
The tool for measuring air pressure.
What is a barometer
200
What forms when water vapor rises and cools around tiny dust particles.
What is a cloud
200
A type of severe weather that forms over the ocean and comes with strong winds and heavy rain that may cause flooding.
What is a hurricane
200
The process by which gas changes to a liquid.
What is condensation
200
Water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere.
What is precipitation
300
A tool that measures the amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge
300
A low, flat cloud that forms in layers.
What is a stratus cloud
300
Hurricanes, thunderstorms, __________, and tornadoes are all types of severe weather.
What is a blizzard
300
Every day the water moves from Earth to the atmosphere and back again. This heats the water on Earth's surface.
What is the sun
300
What air is like at a certain time and place.
What is the weather
400
A tool that measures how fast the air is moving.
What is an anemometer
400
A thin, wispy, or feathery cloud high in the sky.
What is a cirrus cloud
400
Dark, thick cumulonimbus clouds often bring ______________ or more severe weather.
What is thunderstorms
400
When the sun heats the water on Earth's surface this is what the water changes into.
What is a gas
400
The layers of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround Earth.
What is the atmosphere
500
A tool that points out wind direction.
What is a weather vane
500
A dark, thick cloud that often brings thunderstorms or more severe weather.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
500
Precipitation may be in the form of sleet, rain, _____, or hail.
What is snow
500
Water vapor rises and condenses around what type of particles in the atmosphere that form clouds.
What is dust
500
The weight of air as it presses down on Earth.
What is air pressure