Weather

What's one way scientists can name other cloud types?

• shorten a cloud name

• use a name from a book

• add prefixes or suffixes

• make up a word

What step in the water cycle forms clouds?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

What type of front happens when cold air meets warm air and neither one moves?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What does the prefix or suffix "nimbus" mean?

• rain

• high

• low

• frozen

What type of front is represented by blue triangles?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

The amount of water vapor in the air is called -

• air mass

• front

• weather

• humidity

The amount of precipitation is measured with a -

• barometer

• hygrometer

• rain gauge

• thermometer

Tornados form in what type of cloud?

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

What type of front is represented by red semi-circles?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What weather instrument measures air pressure?

• hygrometer

• barometer

• thermometer

• anemometer