Download Weather Study Cards SOL 4.6 Daily weather is ______ ______

Weather Study Cards SOL 4.6
Daily weather is ________
always changing
__________.
Daily weather includes
temperature, wind, and
___________, ____, and
precipitation
_____________.
Temperature is the amount
heat energy
of ____ ______ in the
atmosphere.
We use a __________ to
measure temperature.
Thermometer
The study of weather over a
Climate
period of time
We use a ___________ to
measure wind speed.
Anemometer
Wind is ______ ___.
moving air
Powerful winds bring
temperature changes and
_________ _______ and
precipitation
_____________ weather.
Any form of water that falls
precipitation
to the Earth's surface is
_____________.
We measure precipitation
with a ____ _____.
Rain gauge
Name the four forms of
rain, hail, sleet, and snow
precipitation.
Water droplets in a cloud
rain
that become too heavy fall to
earth as ____. The air is
above freezing
temperatures.
Ice crystals that form in
clouds and then fall to earth
are ____. The air will be very
cold.
snow
When drops of rain freeze
sleet
and create tiny pellets of ice.
The air must be freezing.
When the wind picks up ice
Hail
crystals and melts and
freezes them over and over
again the precipitation that
is formed is known as ____.
When opened you can see
the different layers of ice.
The blanket of air that covers atmosphere
the Earth is called __________.
Our weather is created by ___ the movement of air
________ __ ___.
A large body of air that has
the same temperature and
same humidity is known as
an ___ ____.
Air mass
The amount of water vapor
humidity
in the air is the ________.
When two air masses of
different temperatures and
front
humidity bump into each
other it forms a _____.
Scientists who forecast the
meteorologist or weather
weather are called
forecaster
_____________ or _______
__________.
What type of front produces
Cold front
thunderstorms?
What type of front produces
Warm front
light rain?
We use a _________ to
measure air pressure.
Barometer
A ___ ________ area forms
when air is warmed and it
usually brings clouds, rain
and wind.
Low pressure
A ____ ________ area forms
High pressure
when air is warmed and
usually brings dry and sunny
weather.
What is air pressure?
Air pressure is the weight of
the atmosphere pressing
down on Earth’s surface.
Change in ___ _______ usually Air pressure
bring changes in weather.
Weather changes ___ ___
All the time
____.
Violent weather is known as
Severe weather
______ _______.
When a cold air front forces
Thunderstorm
its way underneath of a
warm front and pushes the
warm air upwards a
____________ is formed.
These are rain storms that
have thunder and lightning.
A _________ forms over warm hurricane
waters. In the center the air
is calm and is called the eye.
A hurricane can produce
Rain, fast winds and flooding
____, ____ _____, and
________.
When a column of warm air
tornado
begins to spin upward into a
funnel cloud a _______ is
formed.
What do a tornado and a
Circular wind
hurricane have in common?
A _______ has spinning winds tornado
that reach speeds of 300
mph.
In a cloud, the warm air that
Water vapor
rises is full of _____ _____.
Water vapor that cools down
rain
falls to the earth as ____.
Meteorologist often use
_______ _________ to help
predict weather.
Weather satellites
A ______ cloud is feathery,
Cirrus
wispy, and made of tiny ice
crystals. These are high in
the atmosphere and often
are seen in fair weather.
A _______ cloud is fluffy and
cumulus
white and brings fair
weather. If you were going
on a picnic, you would want
to see _______ clouds in the
sky.
A foul weather cloud that
stratus
looks like a gray blanket on
the sky is a _______ cloud.
You might see these clouds
during a steady rain.
This stratus cloud is often
fog
near Earth’s surface
Dark heavy clouds that bring cumulonimbus
thunderstorms and rain are
____________ clouds.
Water moving between the
Earth’s surface and the
atmosphere is a process
called the _____ _____.
Water cycle
Practice Question Cards
A scientist who studies
Meteorologist
weather is called a:
a. zoologist
b. etymologist
c. meteorologist
The average weather
Climate
conditions in an area over a
long period of time is called:
a. temperature
b. climate
c. season
A stratus cloud looks like
A flat, gray blanket
a. a cotton ball
b. a funnel cloud
c. a flat, gray blanket
This cloud is low to the
ground, flat and gray. It
often brings steady rain or
snow. What is it?
a. a stratus cloud
b. a cumulus cloud
c. a cumulonimbus cloud
A stratus cloud
What kind of clouds are
Cumulonimbus
thunderstorm clouds?
a. cumulus
b. stratus
c. cumulonimbus
Cirrus clouds look
Thin and wispy
a. thin and wispy
b. dark and dangerous
c. large and puffy
Cirrus clouds can be found
High in the sky
a. high in the sky
b. close to the ground
c. only in summer
Cumulus clouds are often
Found in a blue summer sky
a. found in a blue summer
sky
b. indicators of rain
c. thin and feather-like
A storm of heavy rain,
lightning and strong wind is
a
a. thunderstorm
b. tornado
c. blizzard
Thunderstorm
What two types of clouds
produce rain?
a. cirrus and stratus
b. cumulonimbus and
stratus
c. fog and cirrus
Cumulonimbus and stratus