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Measures the temperature of air in F and/or C
What thermometer?
Measures the speed of wind
What is anemometer?
Measures air pressure
What is barometer?
A scale used to measure the force and speed of wind
What is the Beaufort Scale?
Scientist who tracks weather
What is a meteorologist?
Layered clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair- weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
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?
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What is cumulonimbus?
Dust particles, water vapor(gas) condensing into water droplets(liquid)
What are the ingredients for clouds?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
A book that contains data, forecasts, and fables
What is an almanac?
Red sky at night, sailors delight; Red sky in morning, sailors take warning
What is weather folklore?
Rain,hail, sleet
What are forms of precipitation?
An imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres
What the equator?
indicates a change in weather and possible storm
What is a decrease or drop in air pressure?
A large body of air of similar temps and humidity
What air mass?
A boundary where air masses of different temps and humidities collide
What is a front?
A mass of cold air advances to displace warm air mass
What is a cold front?
Lines on a weather map that connect areas of similar temperatures
What are isotherms?
Movement of air caused by air moving from higher to lower pressure
What is wind?
Lines on a weather map that connect areas of similar barometric pressures
What is isobars?
Another name for a twister
What is a tornado?
Prevailing winds colliding over warm waters and form from a tropical depression
What are hurricanes?
Winds that blow from west to east
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?