States of Water
What is the state of water that is solid?
Ice
What is condensation?
Water molecules collecting (by taking energy)
What instrument measures air pressure?
Barometer
What is a weather front?
The boundary between two air masses
What are cumulus clouds?
White, puffy, "cotton-like"
What state of matter is water in?
Liquid
What is evaporation?
Water molecules spreading out (by adding energy)
What instrument measures temperature?
Thermometer
What is a weather satellite?
A space probe that gathers data on the Earth's atmosphere
What are stratus clouds?
Flat, low level, "blanket-like"
Clouds are water in what state of matter?
Gas
What is precipitation?
Water coming from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow
What instrument measures wind direction?
Wind Vane (measures direction only)
OR
Anemometer (measures direction AND speed)
Where do the Sun's rays hit the Earth hardest?
What are cirrus clouds?
What is the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What is runoff?
Water gathering and draining from the surface of an area
What instrument measures humidity?
Hygrometer
Where do the Sun's rays hit the Earth very lightly?
Near the poles
What are nimbus clouds?
A cloud that has precipitation falling from it
What is the process of water changing from a gas to a liquid?
Condensation
What is transpiration?
Water evaporating from the leaves and stems of plants
What instrument measures rainfall?
Rain gauge
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the way the atmosphere is at a specific time or day.
Climate is the long-term average weather in an area.
Huge, multi-level clouds often referred to as the "King cloud"? Usually these mean thunderstorms or other severe weather.
Cumulonimbus