Weather Patterns

WindPatterns

100

I am the calm regions in the Global Wind Belts?

What are the Doldrums and Horse Latitudes

200

I usually flow in the upper troposphere from west to east for thousands of miles.

What are Jet Streams

300

I'm the wind that changes direction with the seasons.

What are Monsoons

400

I am the winds that travel thousands of miles in steady patterns?

What are Global Winds

500

I am the influence of Earth's rotation, causing winds that travel a long distance to curve?

What is the Coriolis Effect

Clouds

100

I am a cloud that forms at a medium altitude.I start with this prefix?

What is alto

200

I am a cloud that rests on the ground or a body of water?

What is Fog

300

I am a cloud that looks like a pile of cotton balls floating in the sky and I'm found in the low altitude.

What is a Cumulus Cloud

400

I am a cloud that has a wispy or feathery appearance and I'm found in the upper altitudes.

What is a Cirrus Cloud

500

I am a cloud that forms in layers or looks like a blanket over the sky, I am found in the lower altitudes.

What is a Stratus Cloud

Air

100

I am an instrument that measures air pressure?

What is a Barometer

200

I am the force of air molecules pushing on an area?

What is Air Pressure

300

I am the amount of water vapor in the air?

What is Humidity

400

I am the temperature at which air reaches saturation?

What is Dew Point

500

I will decrease as air heats up and increase as the air cools down.

What is Relative Humidity

Precipitation

100

I help scientists measure the amount of rain that falls.

What is Rain Gauge

200

I am rain that is affected by pollution and harms trees and lakes.

What is Acid Rain

300

I am the small pellets of ice that form when rain passes through a layer of cold air?

What is Sleet

400

I am rain that covers surfaces with a coating of ice?

What is Freezing Rain

500

I am lumps or balls of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds?

What is Hail

WaterCycle

100

I am any type of liquid or solid water that falls to Earth's surface?

What is Precipitation

200

I am the point at which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal?

What is Saturation

300

I am the process by which liquid changes into gas?

What is Evaporation

400

I am the process by which a gas changes into a liquid?

What is Condensation

500

I am the continuing movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere?

What is the Water Cycle