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Clouds
Instruments
Water Cycle
100
cumulus
What is a puffy, white fair weather cloud called?
100
thermometer
What is used to measure air temperature?
100
precipitation
What is water in the atmosphere that falls to Earth called?
200
stratus
What is a gray, low, long layered cloud called?
200
barometer
What is used to measure air pressure?
200
evaporation
What is the process in which liquid water turns into water vapor called?
300
cloud cover
What is the name for the amount of total area of the sky that is occupied by clouds called?
300
rain gauge
What is used to measure how much precipitation has fallen?
300
condensation
What is the process in which water vapor cools and condenses on dust particles called?
400
cirrus
What is a feather, wispy cloud made of ice crystals called?
400
anemometer
What is used to measure wind direction?
400
rain, snow, sleet, hail
Name two forms of precipitation.
500
cloudy
What does a black circle on the cloud cover symbol chart mean?
500
anemometer
What is used to measure wind speed?
500
a cloud
What is formed when water vapor condenses on dust particles in the air called?