Studying the Weather
A person that studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
Precipitation is measured with a _________.
What is a rain gauge?
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Water vapor needs _________ to continue to exist as a gas.
What is heat?
To predict future events or conditions, such as weather.
What is forecast?
The condition of the air in an area.
What is climate?
Four forms of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
Water vapor forms _________ when it condenses.
What are clouds?
As air cools, water vapor _________.
What is condenses?
To change from a liquid to a solid state as a result of cooling.
What is freeze?
Meteorologists use weather instruments to ______ the weather.
What is predict?
Moving air is called______.
What is wind?
Name three parts of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
Condensation occurs as water changes from a ______ to a ________.
What is gas to a liquid?
When liquid water changes into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
A measure of how hot or cold the air is.
What is temperature?
Two instruments used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer and a wind meter?
Three states of matter.
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
Water vapor close to the ground.
What is fog?
The condition of the air around us.
What is weather?
Water in any form that falls to the earth is called.
What is precipitation?
An instrument used my a meteorologist to measure the DIRECTION the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
The % of salt water from the ocean on our planet is _____.
What is 97%
Condensation on the grass early in the morning.
What is dew?
The repeating pattern of condensation and evaporation of water on earth.
What is the Water Cycle?