2. How can weather be described?

3. What is and how do you measure temperature?

4. What is and how do you measure wind speed?

5. What is and how do you measure air pressure?

6. What is and how do you measure humidity?

7. What is and how do you measure precipitation?

8. How do you measure wind direction?

9. What causes weather to change?

10. When different air masses meet it is called a _________.

11. What is a person who studies and predicts the weather called?

12. Cirrus clouds are:

13. Cumulous clouds are:

14. Cumulonimbus clouds are:

15. Stratus clouds are:

16. Nimbostratus clouds are:

17. Light _______ &/or _______ occur along fronts.

18. What is an air mass?

19. When the earth is heated differently in different places it causes ________.

20. Cold air masses usually come from the ________.


Answers:
1. All of the conditions surrounding the Earth

2. In terms of temperature, wind speed, air pressure, humidity, type of clouds, & type and amount of precipitation

3. The amount of heat in the atmosphere (air) - thermometer

4. Movement of air over the earth’s surface - anemometer

5. force of air pressing down on the earth - barometer

6. Amount of water vapor in the air - hygrometer

7. rain, sleet, snow, and hail - rain gauge

8. Wind vane or windsock

9. Air, sun, land, and water moving through the water cycle

10. Front

11. Meteorologist

12. Thin, wispy and white – They are located high in the sky and are seen before rain or snow

13. white, fluffy and round – Can be seen on nice days.

14. Tall vertical clouds – often called thunderheads, usually produce thunder & lightning

15. Low hanging gray clouds that look like a gray blanket – turn into fog when low to the ground.

16. Dark clouds that are normally seen when rain or snow is happening all day long.

17. Rain, storms

18. A large body of air with the same temperature and humidity.

19. Wind

20. North