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Weather
Climate
Weather Tools
Weather Map
Water Cycle
100
What is the blanket of air surrounding Earth?
Atmosphere
100
What is a large region of air with nearly the same temperature and water vapor throughout?
Air mass
100
What weather instrument measures air temperature?
Thermometer
100
What type of could forms in layers that look like sheets or blankets?
Stratus
100
Which step of the water cycle occurs when liquid water is heated by the sun until it rises as water vapor into the atmosphere?
Evaporation
200
What is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place?
Weather
200
What is it called when meteorologists study weather patterns and maps so that they can predict the weather?
Forecast
200
What weather instrument measures air pressure?
Barometer
200
What type of clouds look thin, wispy, or feathery and are made of tiny bits of ice?
Cirrus
200
Which step of the water cycle occurs when water falls to the Earth in the form of weather, including rain, sleet, hail, and snow?
Precipitation
300
What describes how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
300
What is the pattern of seasonal weather that happens year after year?
Climate
300
What weather instrument points in the direction from which wind is blowing?
Wind Vane
300
What does the blue line with the triangles on a weather map represent?
Cold Front
300
Which step of the water cycle occurs when water vapor molecules join together, becoming liquid, in the form of clouds?
Condensation
400
What is a measure of how much moisture is in the air?
Humidity
400
What circulates the air between the equator and the poles?
Global Winds
400
What weather instrument collects the amount of rainfall?
Rain Gauge
400
What does the red line with the circle on a weather map represent?
Warm Front
400
What creates all of the weather on Earth though the uneven heating of Earth's surface?
The Sun
500
What is the force of air pushing on an area?
Air Pressure
500
What is a directed flow of a gas or a liquid?
Current
500
What type of clouds are puffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls?
Cumulus
500
What does the "L" and "H" on a weather map represent?
Low and High Pressure
500
What do all living things need to survive and is an important part of the weather system?
Liquid Water