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Precipitation
Clouds
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Extreme Weather
100
snow
What is the kind of precipitation that falls in the winter?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky, they look like blankets; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
wind, precipitation and temperature
What are the three things that make up the weather?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
200
rain gauge
What instrument is used to measure rain?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
precipitation
What is any type of water that falls from the clouds?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
hurricane
What is the huge storm over the ocean?
300
Inches
What measurement is used to measure rain and snow?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky;
What are cirrus clouds?
300
thermometer
What measures how many degrees of heat is in the air?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300
A storm with winds faster than a hurricane.
What is a tornado?
400
Precipitation that is made up of heavy layers of ice crystals.
What is hail?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
32 degrees
What temperature water freezes at?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400
Severe storm with lightning, thunder, hail and rain.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
A mixture of snow and rain.
What is sleet?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
Between 4 and 5 in the afternoon
What is the hottest part of the day?
500
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon, willie-willie?
500
Severe storm with blowing snow.
What is a blizzard?