Clouds and Layers
These make up clouds.
What are water vapor and dust particles?
The Earth's rotation makes the wind curve. Name this effect.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The symbol for a cold front is a blue curved line with these shapes on it.
What is are triangles?
I measure the speed of wind.
What is a anemometer?
The severity of a hurricane is ranked uses these on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
What are numbers?
We live in this atmospheric layer.
What is the Troposphere?
When clouds become saturated, they produce . . .
What is Precipitation?
A curved red line with semi-circles on it is the symbol this type of weather.
What is a Warm Front?
To measure the temperature of the air, use me.
What is a Thermometer?
I am a big storm that gets my energy from warm ocean waters.
What is a Hurricane?
This layer is where meteors burn up.
What is the Mesosphere?
Electrical charges in clouds produce this phenomenon.
What is Lightening?
Name this symbol
mT
What is maritime tropical?
Use this to measure air pressure.
What is a Barometer?
During a hurricane, this produces most of the damage and can cause people to drown.
What is a Storm Surge or Flooding?
A type of cloud that appears as a low gray blanket covering the sky.
What is Stratus?
Humidity is the amount of this in the air.
What is moisture or water?
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an Air Mass?
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a Rain Gauge?
The gas that has the ability to trap heat in the atmosphere.
What is Ozone?
These clouds form and make big thunderstorms.
What are Cumulonimbus clouds?
The most common gas in the atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is Stationary Front?
This person uses tools to predict the weather.
What is a Meteorologist?
This is the trait a gas has that contributes to the green house effect.
What is trapping heat?