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Weather Tools
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
SOL Practice Questions
100
A tool that measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
A cloud that forms at the Earth's surface.
What is fog?
100
A boundary between air masses of different temperature and humidity
What is a front?
100
The most common type of storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
A conveyor belt moves groceries by transforming electrical energy into- A. Thermal Energy B. Radiant Energy C. Potential Energy D. Mechanical Energy
What is mechanical energy?
200
The tool that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather.
Who are meteorologists?
200
A spinning cloud with a funnel shape.
What is a tornado?
200
An electromagnet can be made using a battery, insulated wire, and- A. An iron nail B. An aluminum can C. A nickel can D. A gold chain
What is an iron nail?
300
The tool that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
Due to the weight of the air and is determined by several factors including the temperature of the air.
What is air pressure?
300
A large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water.
What is a hurricane?
300
Which of these animals is classified as a vertebrate- A. Snail B. Snake C. Butterfly D. Ladybug
What is a snake?
400
The tool that measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
400
Smooth, gray clouds that cover the whole sky. Light rain and drizzle are usually associated with them.
What are stratus clouds?
400
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
400
Pieces of ice that fall from clouds like rain.
What is hail?
400
The greater the frequency of a sound wave, the- A. lower the pitch B. higher the pitch C. softer the sound D. louder the sound
What is higher pitch?
500
The tool that measures how much rain has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time.
What is climate?
500
What is frozen or nearly frozen rain?
What is sleet?
500
Lobster pots are used by fishermen to catch lobsters in shallow water. In which area of the ocean would commercial fishermen place their pots? A. On the bottom of an ocean trench B. On top of a mid-ocean ridge C. On the continental slope D. On the continental shelf
What is the continental shelf?