Tools & Measurement
Altitude
What do hurricanes form over? Land or Water?
Water
Which front occurs when cold air suddenly pushes into warm air and can cause precipitation?
Cold Front
Water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger drops form ______.
Rain
The thin blanket of gas and dust around the earth is called the _________.
atmosphere
What instrument measures air pressure?
barometer
What type of weather is a snowstorm with strong, freezing winds?
Blizzard
What do you call the boundary between where two unlike air masses meet?
front
What is formed by raindrops being pushed up over and over again into tall clouds and freezing BEFORE falling to the earth?
Hail
The weight of air is called ________.
Air pressure
What tool shows the speed at which the wind is blowing?
anemometer
Hail usually falls during which type of weather: cold or warm?
Warm
A body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture is called an _____.
Air mass
What are raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny ice pellets called?
sleet
The condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time is called _______ .
Weather
What do you call a person who studies the atmosphere and weather?
Meteorologist
Condensed water vapor or ice crystals form ______.
clouds
Which front causes warm to gradually rise over cold air?
Warm Front
What forms from ice crystals in clouds joining together and falling to the earth?
Snow
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
What is the tool that measures humidity AND what is humidity?
Hygrometer; the water vapor in the atmosphere
What are the 3 types of clouds based on shape?
cirrus, stratus, cumulus
Which front occurs when a cold and warm front meet and neither rises nor sinks?
Stationary
What type of clouds produce precipitation?
Nimbus clouds