4th Grade Weather Review

Clouds that are high and wispy and signal fair weather

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Tornado

A small, funnel-shaped cloud that comes down from a storm cloud with winds spinning at very high speeds

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Tropical Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The gas form of water

• Liquid

• Oxygen

• water vapor

• Hydrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Meausres the amount of precipitation that has fallen in inches or centimeters

• Rain Gauge

• Ruler

• Thermometer

• Wind Vane

Clouds that are puffy with flat bottoms and signal fair weather when they are darker, they may signal rain or a stunderstorm

• Rain clouds

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Contrails

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds.

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Rain

• Blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Measures wind speed in kilometers or miles per hour.

• Rain Gauge

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Wind Vane

The layer of the atmosphere closest to earth and where weather takes place

• Mesosphere

• Thermospshere

• Stratosphere

• Troposhphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large storm that forms over warm ocean water with very strong winds that blow in a circular pattern around the eye of the storm.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Blizzard

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Measures wind direction

• Weather Vane

• Barrometer

• Anemometer

• Thermometer