A sheet-like cloud that produces rain or snow and is the lowest cloud in the atmosphere
What is a stratus cloud
100
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
100
Forms in the clouds as frozen water droplets
What is snow
100
Water vapor collides with other water vapor until it forms a cloud
What is condensation
100
The one that heats up the quickest: lake, forest, beach, or grassy field
What is the beach
200
The highest forming clouds that are made of ice crystals and indicate fair weather or an approaching storm
What are cirrus clouds
200
Is used to measure atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer
200
Precipitation that falls to the earth as rain and then freezes in the air as it is falling
What is sleet
200
Water is heated up on the earth until it gets so warm that the molecules start to move around quickly and turns into vapor
What is evaporation
200
The type of pressure that indicates that rain is approaching
What is low-pressure
300
These clouds indicate fair weather, are considered low clouds, are formed from water droplets, and are dome-shaped with flat bottoms
What are cumulus clouds
300
Instrument used to measure the temperature, usually in farenheit or celsius
What is a thermometer
300
Precipitation that falls from the clouds when water droplets get too heavy in the clouds
What is rain
300
Water vapor gets so heavy as it joins more water vapor that it finally falls to the earth
What is precipitation
300
The type of pressure that indicates that dry, nice weather is approaching
What is high-pressure
400
These clouds bring thunderstorms, are formed from water droplets, are tall and towering, and are found in the low and middle atmosphere
What are cumulonimbus clouds
400
Instrument used to measure precipitation
What is a rain gauge
400
Precipitation that forms when rain hits the earth or objects on the earth and freezes immediately
What is freezing rain
400
Precipitation becomes so cold that it turns into a solid through this process
What is freezing
400
The way the earth is heated, evenly or unevenly
What is unevenly
500
The type of clouds formed at the Earth's surface
What is fog
500
An instrument that is used to measure wind direction
What is a weather vane
500
Precipitation that is usually associated with severe weather and forms when warm air pushes frozen precipitation back into the clouds many times before it falls to the earth
What is hail
500
Frozen precipitation becomes so warm that it turns into a liquid through this process
What is melting
500
The earth is heated this way, directly from the sun or from the earth