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Clouds
Weather Instruments
Water Cycle
Air
Misc.
100
the lowest level cloud
What is a stratus cloud?
100
How hot is it? You need one of these to tell.
What is a thermometer?
100
This word describes rain, snow or hail.
What is precipitation?
100
The weight of air
What is air pressure?
100
Most of the weather occurs here
What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere (troposphere)?
200
These clouds are wispy and featherlike.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
200
Precipitation that runs off Earth's surface into rivers, lakes, or stream.
What is run-off?
200
Movement of air
What is wind?
200
Weather moves in this direction across the U.S.
What is from west to east?
300
These clouds are big and puffy, like cotton.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
This is needed to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
When water evaporates from the ocean, this is left behind.
What is salt?
300
Global winds that constantly blow from the same direction.
What are prevailing winds?
300
As air cools, this happens to the air pressure
What is air pressure increases?
400
If you see this word with a cloud type, you know rain is coming.
What is nimbo or nimbus?
400
You will need this to measure the humidity (water in the air).
What is a hygrometer?
400
Clouds are formed during this part of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
400
Winds that depend on local changes in temperature
What are local winds?
400
This is the average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time.
What is climate?
500
These mid-level clouds blanket the sky.
What is altostratus?
500
This will tell you the wind direction and this will tell you the wind speed.
What is a wind vane and an anemometer?
500
This is the process that water goes through when it is heated by the sun and also, the name of the water in this phase of the water cycle.
What is evaporation and water vapor (or gas)?
500
These winds cause most of the weather systems in the US
What are westerlies or prevailing westerlies?
500
There are 5 climate zones. Mountain and temperate zones complete this list.
What are polar, tropical, and desert zones?