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Air
Water Cycle
Forecasting
Climate & Weather
Clouds
100
Tool used to measure air temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
Rain, sleet, and snow
What is precipitation?
100
A scientist who studies the weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
Condition of air at a certain place and time
What is weather?
100
High level clouds made of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds?
200
Air pressure that typically means stormy weather
What is low pressure?
200
When water turns from liquid into water vapor and rises into the air
What is evaporation?
200
Sources people would use to find out about the weather
Computer Newspaper iPad Radio Phone TV
200
Usual weather pattern of a region
What is climate?
200
Fair weather clouds that are puffy and white
What are cumulus clouds?
300
The properties of air that are measured to tell us about the weather.
What are temperature, humidity, and pressure?
300
The process of water being recycled, or used, over and over again
What is the water cycle?
300
Tool that measures precipitation like rain or snow
What is a rain gauge?
300
Weather and climate affect what we wear, where we go, and what we do. True or false?
True
300
Low level rain clouds that are flat and gray
What are stratus clouds?
400
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
400
When water vapor cools and forms a cloud
What is condensation?
400
Tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
400
Weather and climate affect the types of homes we live in, plants and animals in our region, and the types of food we can grow. True or false?
True
400
A cloud that is at the Earth's surface
What is fog?
500
A tool that uses hair to measure humidity
What is a hygrometer?
500
Things that make a difference in the speed of evaporation
Heat, moving air (wind), surface area, and amount of water vapor already in the air
500
This tool measures wind speed with small cups
What is an anemometer?
500
The difference between weather and climate
Weather can change suddenly. Climate is the usual weather pattern in a region.
500
The three main types of clouds
What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?