Precipitation
Weather
Vocabulary
Weather tools
Types of clouds
100

What is rain that freezes before it hits the ground?

What is sleet?

100

What is the state of atmosphere at a given time and place called?

What is weather?

100

What is the process where a gas cools and becomes a liquid?

What is condensation?

100

What measures air pressure?

What is a barometer?

100

What are the four main types of clouds? 

Cirrus,stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus 

200

What are the four types of precipitation?

What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
200

What is the amount of moisture in the air?

What is humidity?

200

What is a scientist who studies weather patterns?

What is a meteorologist?

200

What tool helps measure temperature in degrees?

What is a thermometer?

200

What type of clouds are thin, wispy, and usually come with fair weather?

What are cirrus clouds?

300

What is frozen precipitation that forms in layers in the clouds?

What is hail?

300

What is when air temperature is different?

What is where do convection currents come from?

300

What is to control or cause something?

What is determine?

300

What tool measures Wind speed?

What is a anemometer?

300

What type of clouds are white,puffy clouds that look like cotton balls?

What are cumulus clouds?

400

Water that falls to the Earth as rain,sleet, snow, or hail?

What is precipitation?

400

What land feature can affect the weather in Colorado?

What are mountains?

400

What is the downward force of the Earth’s gases?

What is Wind?

400

What tool measures the direction that the wind is blowing?

What is a wind vane?

400

What are clouds that look very dark in color and can lead to thunderstorms?

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500

What is the amount of water vapor in the air?

What is humidity?

500

What is the air movement caused by differences in pressure?

What is air pressure?

500

What is the rising and sinking of matter in a circular pattern due to differences in temperature called?

What is a convection current?

500

What tool measures rainfall?

What is a rain gauge?

500

What is true a cloud in the summer sky?

What are they have ice crystals?