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CLOUDS
INSTRUMENTS
VOCABULARY
WATER CYCLE
CONCEPTS
100
A light, feathery cloud
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
The instrument that measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
A person who studies the weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
The falling of water as rain, snow, sleet or hail.
What is precipitation?
100
Type of air pressure associated with fair weather.
What is high air pressure?
200
A fluffy, bumpy cloud
What is a cumulus cloud?
200
The instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
The amount of moisture or water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
When water changes from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
200
Type of air pressure associated with stormy weather.
What is low air pressure?
300
A gray cloud that covers the sky
What is a stratus cloud?
300
The instrument that measures wind direction
What is a weather vane?
300
The weight of air pushing on an object
What is air pressure?
300
When water changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
300
The natural energy source for the water cycle
What is the sun?
400
A cloud that touches the ground
What is fog?
400
An instrument that measures precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
400
the height above sea level
What is elevation?
400
Formed on grass through condensation
What is dew?
400
part of Utah that usually has the warmest temperatures
What is southern Utah?
500
The process that changes water vapor to water droplets in a cloud.
What is condensation?
500
The instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
The measurement system of temperature where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
What is Fahrenheit?
500
Ice on a windshield formed by condensation
What is frost?
500
The largest natural water source for the water cycle
What is the ocean?