What is a wind vane?
What is a weather vane?
What is a wind sock?
100
this is needed in order for evaporation to occur
What is the sun?
100
the word we use to describe clouds that are high in the sky
What is "cirrus"?
100
when two air masses meet, the boundary between them is named this
What is a front?
100
a person who studies the atmosphere and reports and forecasts weather conditions is named this
What is a meteorologist?
200
a weather instrument that measures the degree of hotness or coldness
What is a thermometer?
200
the phase of the water cycle in which water turns into water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
the word we use to describe clouds that are at middle height in the sky
What is "alto"?
200
this occurs when a warm air mass takes the place of a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
200
the hour by hour, day by day state of conditions in the atmosphere
What is weather?
300
a rain gauge measures this
What is precipitation?
300
the phase of the water cycle in which water vapor turns into water droplets
What is condensation?
300
the word we use to describe clouds that are low in the sky
What is "stratus"?
300
this occurs when a cold air mass takes the place of a warm air mass
What is a cold front?
300
the average weather conditions for a place taken over a long period of time
What is climate?
400
the name of the weather instrument that measures air pressure
What is barometer?
400
the phase of the water cycle in which any form of water, such as rain or snow, falls to Earth's surface
What is precipitation?
400
the word we use to describe clouds that are dark and bring rain
What is nimbus?
400
in this pressure system, you can expect sunny, cool, windy weather, with air moving in a clockwise direction
What is a high pressure system?
400
this occurs at night, when cool air blows from the land towards the sea
What is a land breeze?
500
a weather instrument that measures wind speed
What is anemometer?
500
clouds form during this phase of the water cycle
What is condensation?
500
the word we use to describe clouds that grow vertically, that are puffy, white and look like cotton balls
What is cumulus?
500
in this pressure system, you can expect warm, cloudy weather, with high moisture and precipitation. The air in this system moves in a counter-clockwise direction