Weather Weather Weather

Clouds

100

What are clouds made of?

- Water

- Smoke

- Dirt

Water

200

This type of cloud is low in the sky and blanket-like

What is a Stratus cloud?

300

This is a thunderstorm cloud.

What is cumulonimbus?

400

This type of cloud is wispy and made of ice.

What is cirrus clouds?

500

This cloud is white, puffy, and looks like cotton. 

What are cumulus clouds?

Types of Precipitation

100

This falls from the sky in liquid form.

What is rain?

200

This occurs when a snowflake falls through the atmosphere, warms up, and then freezes again.

What is Sleet?

300

This occurs when water vapour is frozen into ice crystals in the atmosphere.

What is Snow?

400

This is when water vapor goes from liquid directly to ice in the atmosphere?

What is sublimation?

500

This is frozen chunks of ice that fall to the ground.

What is hail?

Weather Tools

100

I measure the speed of wind.

- Anemometer

- Barometer

- Thermometer

Anemometer

200

This tool measures temperature.

- Barometer

- Thermometer

- Hydrometer

Thermometer

300

This tool measures air pressure.

- Rain Gauge

- Barometer

- Thermostat

Barometer

400

This tool measures how much rain has fallen.

- Thermostat

- Rain Gauge

- Meteorologist

Rain Gauge

500

This tool measures how much moisture (humidity) is in the air.

- Meterologist

- Barometer

- Hygrometer

Hygrometer

Weather Misc

100

Short term conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. 

What is weather?

200

How hot or cold something is. 

What is temperature?

300

This brings calm, clear weather

What is a high pressure system?

400

Due to the rotation of Earth, this affects weather patterns and air currents

What is the Coriolis Effect?

500

This brings stormy, wet weather.

What is a low pressure system?