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What are clouds made of?
What is water and dust particles
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Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
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The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it

What is triangle

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I measure the speed of wind

What is anemometer

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In which direction do weather patterns move in the United States?

What is west to east

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Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus
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When clouds become saturated it begins to
What is rain
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A curved blue line with semi cirlcles on it is the symbol for a ?
What is warm front
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if you have a fever or to meausre the temperature of the air, use me
What is a thermometer
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Which winds are most responsible for the cold weather that occurs in North Carolina during the winter?

What are prevailing westerlies

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What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
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Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
What is precipitation
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The weather forecast indicates that a warm front will be moving into the area in the next 24 hours. Which type of weather will most likely result?

What is cloudy skies and rainy weather

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Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me
What is a barometer
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How do air masses move across the United States?

What are the prevailing westerlies

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what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
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Daily temperatures, daily amount of rainfall, daily amount of humidity would show the what?

What is weather

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As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
What is heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
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Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge
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Westerly winds moving across the deserts of the United States toward the East Coast most likely bring which types of conditions to North Carolina?

What are hot and dry

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clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.
What is warm air
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Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
What is a meteorologist
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warm air mass meets and slides over a cold air mass during this kind of front

What is warm

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Use this tool to measure the humidity in the air

What is a hygrometer 

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It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.

What is a jet stream