Precipitation
This is the most common form of precipitation.
What is rain?
This is the term that describes any form of water that falls from clouds?
What is precipitation?
This tool measures the temperature of the air.
Wha tis thermometer?
A colorful arc in the sky formed when sunlight passes through water droplets.
What is a rainbow 🌈 ?
A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the sky.
What is a cloud?
These are ice pellets that are larger than 5 mm and form during a thunderstorm.
What is hail?
Weather happens in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
Measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
A thick cloud of tiny water droplets close to the ground.
What is fog?
These three things that affect the amount of rain.
What is temperature, wind and surface water?
These are the 5 common types of precipitaiton.
What are rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow?
This process turns water vapor in the air into a liquid.
What is condensation?
This shows the direction the wind is blowing from.
What is Wind Vane (Weather Vane)?
A storms with thunder, lightning, heavy rain, and strong winds.
What is a thunderstorms ⛈️?
This rain that forms when air moves over mountains and cools, causing water to fall as rain.
What is Orographic rain?
type of precipitation that falls from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
What is snow?
This is what happens when there are long periods of little or no precipitation.
What is drought?
Scientists use this tool to track weather and storms.
What is a weather satellite?
A powerful, spinning column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado 🌪️?
This is rain that forms when warm air rises over cold air at a front, cools, and releases water as rain.
What is frontal rain?
This is the instrument that is used to measure rain.
What is the rain gauge?
A small “bubble” of air in the atmosphere that moves together as one piece.
What is air parcel?
A tool many people use every day to check the weather forecast.
What is a weather app?
A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very low visibility.
What is a hurricane 🌀?
Freezing point for water.
What is 32°F?