Chapter 7, Observing Weather

How hot or cold something is...

• temperature

• precipitation

• evaporation

What do we use to measure temperature?

• ruler

• thermometer

• rain gauge

Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or hail...

• collection

• precipitation

• clouds

What do we use to measure rain?

• ruler

• thermometer

• rain gauge

What do we use to measure the wind?

• wind sock

• thermometer

• ruler

When water changes from a liquid to a gas...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

When water changes from a gas to a liquid...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

White puffy clouds...

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

High clouds made of ice....

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

Clouds that form into layers like sheets...

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus