Weather and Climate

The conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• Atmosphere

• Weather

• Water Cycle

What layer does weather occur in the atmosphere?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Thin clouds that look like feathers and form high in the sky 

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Fluffy clouds that are flat on the bottom and usually mean fair weather 

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Low-level cloud that forms in layers and usually brings rain 

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Falling drops of liquid water

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

Falls when the temperature in the cloud is below freezing

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

Rain that freezes as it falls to Earth's surface 

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

Forms when drops of rain freeze in the cloud and are carried higher into the cloud freezing over and over before falling to Earth's surface 

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

What measures the temperature of the air? 

• Rain gauge

• Thermometer

• Barometer