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Weather Tools
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
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An instrument the measures rain. 

What is a rain gauge.
100
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
100
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200

An instrument used to measure temperature.

What is a thermometer?

200

any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground

What is precipitation

200

Masses of small water droplets or tiny ice crystals that float in the air.

What are clouds.

200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300

An instrument used to measure wind speed.

What is an anemometer.

300
the water that is in the air
What is water vapor
300
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300

conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.)
over short periods of time.

What is weather.

400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
the changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
400
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500

An instrument that shows the direction of the wind.

What is a wind vane.

500
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
500
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front