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Instruments
Clouds
Pressure
Climate
Water cycle
100
This measure the temperature in the air.
What is a thermometer?
100
The clouds produce thunderstorms. They are big, puffy with a gray bottom.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
100
The uneven heating of the earth's surface causes this.
What is wind?
100
This is the average weather in a region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
This is the process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
This measures the bareatric air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
These clouds are associated with fair weather. These are high in the atmosphere. They are thin and long.
What is cirrus?
200
Wind always blows from _____ _______ to _______ ______.
What is high pressure to low pressure?
200
This area of earth has a latitude at zero and stays the hottest because it is the closest to the sun.
What is the equator? Bonus: Where is the area of earth that stays the coldest? Why?
200
These are the four types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, hail and sleet?
300
This measure the amount of humidity in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
300
These clouds are white puffy clouds and a sign of fair weather.
What cumulous clouds?
300
When the air is warm it is _______ pressure.
What is low pressure?
300
This is a climate change caused by the changing currents in the Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
300
This is the process where water flows swiftly over compact soil.
What is run-off?
400
This measure the wind/air speed.
What is an anenometer.
400
These clouds are gray, long, thin and low in the atmosphere.
What are stratus clouds? Bonus: What kind of weather do these clouds bring?
400
When the air is cold there is ________ pressure.
What is high pressure?
400
This is the largest climate zone.
What is temperate? Bonus: What types of climates are typically in these climate zones?
400
This happens when water vapor is carried to a cooler part of the atmosphere.
What is condensation?
500
Meteorologists use these tools to predict weather and create forcast maps.
What are radar, satellite, and weather balloon?
500
When the air is holding a lot of water vapor the air is considered to be this.
What is humidity?
500
An increase in air pressure indicates this kind of weather.
What is stormy weather?
500
This has the most influence on world climate.
What are the oceans? Bonus: What is the most important in producing weather?
500
This is the heavy layer of moisture that collects on the bathroom mirror after a hot shower.
What is condensation?