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Types of Weather
Weather Tools
Clouds
The Water Cycle
Misc.
100
Cold, foggy, sunny, rainy, and snowy are all words that describe this.
What is weather?
100
This measures how hot or cold something is.
What is a thermometer?
100
Clouds are made of this.
What is water (tiny droplets of water, condensing)?
100
The never-ending movement of water between the atmosphere and land
What is the water cycle?
100
This is the air that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
This is where weather takes place.
What is in the air that surrounds the Earth (atmosphere)?
200
This indicates the direction of the wind.
What is a weather vane? (also acceptable: wind vane or wind sock)
200
These clouds are feathery and wispy and are often seen in clear skies and mean good weather, but can also mean a change in weather soon.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This happens when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the Earth.
What is precipitation?
200
This is moving air.
What is wind?
300
Weather in a particular place over a long period of time
What is climate?
300
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
These clouds are a flat layer of low clouds and usually cause gray overcast conditions. Light rain, drizzle, or flurries are likely.
What are stratus clouds?
300
When the sun heats up water and it turns into vapor, it is called this.
What is evaporation?
300
The air temperature at the North Pole and South Pole is usually like this because they are far away from the equator.
What is the lowest temperature?
400
Wear this type of clothes when the weather forecast calls for no precipitation and temperatures as high as 85˚F.
What is light summer clothes?
400
This measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
400
These clouds are white and fluffy and usually mean fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
400
Rain, sleet, hail, and snow are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
400
This creates air pressure.
What is the atmosphere pressing down on you?
500
You would predict this weather when the skies are becoming cloudy, winds are blowing faster, and the air pressure is falling.
What is the weather that will come next will include precipitation and perhaps a storm?
500
This measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
500
These are thunderstorm clouds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The water cycle is
What is the never-ending movement of water between the atmosphere and land?
500
This is why your ears may pop when you fly in an airplane or ride in a fast elevator.
What is because the air pressure changes?