Air Pressure
Clouds
Wind
Precipitation
Identify Weather Tools
Cloud Identification
100
Tool to measure air pressure
Barometer
100
Fluffy fair weather cloud
cumulus
100
Tool used to measure wind speed
anemometer
100
Solid precipitation formed in cumulonimbus on VERY hot, humid days
hail
100
Anemometer
100
Which cloud is this and what weather does it signal?
Cirrus. Fair weather
200
When the air pressure is low the weather is...
bad
200
Feather-like ice cloud
cirrus
200
Tool used to determine the wind direction
Wind vane
200
During a warm day, the meteorologist announces rain. How will the air pressure be right before the rain?
Low
200
Barometer
200
Which kind of cloud is this and what weather does it signal?
Stratus cloud. Light rain or snow
300
When the air pressure is high, the weather is...
good
300
Huge, thunderstorm cloud
cumulonimbus
300
Moving air is called...
wind
300
Type of solid precipitation that forms when water vapor freezes into ice crystals
Snow
300
Rain Gauge
300
What kind of cloud is this and what weather does it signal?
Cumulonimbus. Thunder storms
400
Storms form when the air pressure is ...
Low
400
Grey blanket that covers the whole sky
Stratus
400
Wind moves from areas of ______ pressure to areas of ____ pressure.
high to low
400
Rain happens when the temperature is
A. Below freezing
B. Above freezing
B
400
Thermometer
400
A collection of smaller water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs.
clouds
500
If the weather is sunny, the air pressure is...
high
500
Cloud that produces hail
Cumulonimbus
500
Wind is caused by...
Differences in air pressure
500
Type of precipitation that happens when snow melts as it falls and then refreezes or when rain freezes on its way down
sleet
500
Weather balloon
500
What kind of cloud is this and what weather does it signal?
Cumulus. Fair weather