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Weather Instruments
Clouds
The Water Cycle
Geographic Influences
Predicting the Weather
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This weather instrument measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
100
This cloud predicts thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus?
100
The process of water droplets forming around dust particles and making a cloud is called
What is condensation?
100
This type of breeze blows during the day at the beach
What is a sea breeze?
100
Prevailing westerlies and the jet stream mean that weather patterns move from ________ to ________ across the United States
What is west to east?
200
If you want to check the humidity in the air, use this
What is a hygrometer?
200
Cirrus, the highest cloud in the sky, is made of these
What are ice crystals?
200
Runoff comes after this stage of the water cycle
What is precipitation?
200
A sea breeze is caused by air of which type of pressure hanging over the water?
What is high pressure air?
200
Rapidly falling air pressure may predict
What is a thunderstorm/severe weather?
300
Temperature is measured in these TWO temperature scales
What is Fahrenheit and Celsius?
300
These clouds predict rain and can condense near the ground as fog
What are stratus?
300
The ultimate source of energy for the water cycle and everything on Earth
What is the sun?
300
Wind is caused by air moving from areas of _______ to _______
What is high pressure to low pressure?
300
An approaching cold front will cause the warm air that is already here to do what?
What is rise and form clouds?
400
To check the air pressure, you read one of these
What is a barometer?
400
Name the cloud prefix and suffix that mean "rain"
What is nimbo and nimbus?
400
To have evaporation, you must first have this process of the water cycle
What is precipitation?
400
This side of the mountain experiences the most precipitation
What is the windward side?
400
Which holds more water vapor, hot air or cold air?
What is hot air?
500
Meteorologists collect data on these four major weather factors using weather instruments
What is air pressure, humidity, temperature, and winds
500
How does warm air help form clouds?
What is warm air rises, cools, and condenses to form clouds?
500
Insulation is the process of ______________(formed by condensation) helping to hold heat around the Earth's surface
What are clouds?
500
This often forms on the leeward side of a mountain, creating a rain shadow
What is a desert?
500
Which type of front can bring storms that pass quickly?
What is a cold front?