Hot air tends to float up as cold air tends to do this.
What is sink?
100
Used to measure air pressure.
What is barometer?
100
Part of the water cycle in which clouds form.
What is condensation?
100
Hot air tends to have this type of air pressure.
What is a low?
100
Layered clouds.
What is stratus?
200
This weather condition, which blow constantly from the same direction, is caused by the uneven heating of the sun along with the rotation of the Earth.
What is prevailing winds?
200
Used to measure the air temperature.
What is thermometer?
200
Snow, sleet, & freezing rain are examples of this.
What is precipitation?
200
Low mercury in the barometer usually means that we should expect this type of weather soon.
What is stormy?
200
Fluffy clouds.
What is cumulus?
300
Rain, snow, and sleet are a few examples of this step of the water cycle.
What is precipitation?
300
Used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
300
Water in the air.
What is humidity?
300
Fair weather is usually predicted after seeing this type of air pressure.
What is high?
300
This is the lowest forming stratus cloud that you may have encountered personally before.
What is fog?
400
This is the weight of air. May be high or low.
What is air pressure?
400
Usually seen on the top of barns, wind vane are used to help us know this.
What is wind direction?
400
Abnormally rapid rise in Earth's average temperature.
What is global warming?
400
In winter, this air pressure moves from northwest to southeast.
What is high?
400
thin feathery clouds.
What is cirrus?
500
Most of the Earth's weather takes place in this layer of the atmosphere, which is also the lowest level.
What is troposphere?
500
Used to measure the humidity.
(Double points if you can pronounce it correctly the first try!)
What is hygrometer?
500
Era characterized by climate cold enough for glaciers
to form.
What is the Ice Age?
500
In the summer, this air pressure moves from south to northeast, bringing warm, wet weather conditions.
What is low?
500
This massive cloud may form at any level of the troposphere and is usually seen during rainy weather.