What kind of cloud usually means the weather is going to change in 24 hours?
What is Cirrus
100
The movement of air
What is wind
100
weather tool used to measure how hot or cold something is
What is a thermometer
100
too that measures the amount of rainfall
What is a Rain Gauge
100
Boundary line between two air masses
What is a Front
200
A device used to measure wind speed, that often consists of cups on spokes attached to a pole is:
What is Anemometer
200
Water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere
What is Precipitation
200
instrument used to measure the relative humidity in the air
What is a Hygrometer
200
A weather instument consisting of a camera attached to a device orbiting in space, high above the earth that takes pictures of clouds here on the earth
What is a Weather Satellite
300
What weather tool measures wind direction?
What is Wind Vane
300
Which of these weather terms are not examples of precipitation ( Hail, rain, Lightning or Snow)
What is Lightning
300
A weather instrument that uses microwave frequency radio waves that bounce off water droplets in clouds in order to produce a map of the cloud locations
What is a radar
300
instrument used to find wind direction, and has cloth bag that is narrow at one end and open at both ends
What is a Windsock
300
Boundary ahead of a cold air mass that is pushing out and wedging under a warm air mass
What is a Cold Front
400
As part of a school weather project, Jesse needs to record the amount of precipitation that falls at her home on a warm day. which instrument should she use?
What is Rain Gauge
400
A storm that buries cars, plants and buildings in snow
What is Blizzard
400
instrument used to measure air temperature
What is a thermometer
400
weather tool measures wind direction
What is a Wind Vane
400
Boundary ahead of a warm air mass that is pushing out and riding over a cold air mass
What is a Warm front
500
The anemometer and weather vane are weather tools used to measure wind
What is Direction and Speed
500
Stratus clouds that form near the ground
What is Fog
500
weather instrument has been used for over 100 years to collect data on a variety of weather conditions that occur uo to about 20 miles above the earth's surface
What is a Balloon
500
a instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a Barometer
500
a line on a weather map connecting areas of equal air pressure