These types of clouds are puffy and lumpy looking, with a flat bottom.
Cumulus clouds
100
Air temperature is measured with a
Thermometer
100
A severe storm with lightening, thunder, heavy rain, and strong wind is called a __________________.
A thunderstorm
100
What is temperature?
A measurement of how hot or cold something is.
200
___________________ is the process of changing liquid water to water vapor?
Evaporation
200
These types of clouds are high, thin, and wispy clouds.
Cirrus Clouds
200
Wind speed is measured with a
Anemometer
200
Heavy rains that cause flooding; lightening that causes fires, and strong winds that can blow trees and power lines down are all effects of what type of storm?
A thunderstorm
200
What is wind speed?
How fast the movement of air is going in relation to the surface of the earth.
300
__________________ is the process of water vapor becoming liquid water when it cools.
Condensation
300
These types of clouds are layers that spread out covering a large area.
Stratus Clouds
300
A __________________ measures wind direction.
weather vane
300
What is one difference between a tornado and a hurricane?
A tornado forms on land and a hurricane forms in water.
300
When the weather is humid, the air feels _________________.
Sticky and hot
400
_______________________ takes place when water condensation allows water droplets to fall to the surface of the Earth.
Precipitation
400
_____________ is simply a cloud that has formed lower near the surface of the Earth.
Fog
400
A _________________ tells how much precipitation has fallen.
Rain gauge
400
The center of a hurricane is called the ____________________.
The Eye
400
When air pressure over a region changes, it causes the _____________ to change direction.
wind
500
When water vapor cools enough, it _________________ to form water droplets.
condenses
500
Millions of tiny water droplets can join to form _______________.
Clouds
500
What are three examples of precipitation?
Rain, sleet, snow, hail, freezing rain
500
Air in motion is called ____________.
Wind
500
List two ways the weather change.
The temperature can increase or decrease, the humidity can increase or decrease, precipitation and wind speed can change.