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Clouds
Weather Instruments
Atmosphere
Weather Words
Weather Predictions
100
These clouds are puffy and look like cotton balls. They MAY bring rain or snow.
What is Cumulus
100
This measures the amount of rain that falls
What is rain gauge
100
This layer is closest to the earth
What is theTroposphere?
100
This is the word for how heat from the sun is trapped in the atmosphere to warm the earth
What is Greenhouse Effect?
100
the red line on a weather map that has half circles on it indicates a ___________front
What is warm?
200
These clouds are flat, gray clouds that usually bring storms and rain. Their name means layer
What is stratus
200
This measures the humidity or moisture that is in the air
What is hygrometer?
200
This is the hottest layer and has the lowest air pressure
What is theThermosphere?
200
Large body of air that has moisture content and temperature similar to the water or land over which it formed
What is air mass?
200
A cold front on a weather map is shown by a _______line with triangles on it.
What is blue?
300
Dark, towering clouds that bring heavy rain
What is cumulonimbus
300
This measures air pressure (or the weight of air)
What is barometer
300
This layer is just above most weather
What is the Stratosphere?
300
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Most weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere
What is the troposphere?
400
These thin,wispy clouds are usually associated with fair weather. They are found high in the sky and may mean a change of weather is approaching.
What is cirrus?
400
This instrument tells wind direction
What is wind vane (weather vane)
400
This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the Mesosphere?
400
Border formed where a cold air mass and a warm air mas meet
What is a front?
400
A front that stays in the same place for several days.
What is a stationary front?
500
This is the "halo" on the dark thunderclouds. Its root means "rain."
What is nimbus?
500
An anemometer measures this
What is wind speed
500
The atmosphere is the ________that surrounds our planet
What is air?
500
Scientist who studies and forcasts weather
What is meteorologist?
500
Air masses that form over oceans near the equater are ____________and ___________.
What is warm and moist?