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Clouds
Weather Instruments
Heat Transfer
Local & Global Winds
Masses and Fronts
100
This means "heap," and describes a puffy cloud
What is Cumulus?
100
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
The transfer of heat from one substance to another by direct contact.
What is conduction?
100

This brings warm weather from the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of Florida and North Carolina 

What is the Gulf Stream 

100
This is a large volume of air in which temperature and humidity are nearly the same in different locations at the same altitude.
What is an air mass?
200
This means "rain," and describes a cloud with lots of water in it.
What is Nimbus?
200
This measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a speecific time period.
What is a rain gauge?
200
The transfer of heat in liquids and gases through currents.
What is convection?
200

This is the type of winds that come from the west

What are the westerlies

200

These are the four types of precipitation

What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail

300
This means "curl of hair," and describes a wispy cloud.
What is Cirrus?
300
This photographs and tracks large scale movements on Earth.
What is a satellite?
300
The transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
300

These two global winds impact U.S. weather because of their location.

What are Prevailing Westerlies ?

300
This is a boundary between air masses.
What is a front?
400
This means "layer," and describes a sheet-like cloud.
What is Stratus?
400
This measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
This type of heat transfer occurs when cool air sinks to the ground on a warm night.
What is convection?
400
These are the two types of local winds.
What are sea breezes and land breezes?
400
This type of front produces heavy rains and thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
500
This type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus?
500

This measures the amount of moisture in the air 

What is a hygrometer

500
This type of heat transfer occurs when a sunbather gets a nasty sunburn after laying out for too long.
What is radiation?
500
This type of weather is brought on by El Nino.
What is hurricanes?
500
This type of front is created when a cold air mass and warm air mass collide and do not mix. This collision could cause constant snow or rain for days.
What is a stationary front?