Science Earth and Weather

Where the warm and cold air meet and stall, clouds and fog form, and it may rain or snow.  It could bring many days of clouds and precipitation.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front 
• Stationary Front 

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• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front 

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• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front
• Cold Front
• Warm Front 

Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

• barometer
• thermometer
• wind sock
• rain guage

the amount of water vapor in the air

• warm front
• precipitation
• humidity
• air pressure

An instrument that measures air pressure

• thermometer
• barometer
• rain guage
• wind sock

Every few years, an event occurs in which the waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer. This event changes weather patterns worldwide, causing drought, floods, blizzards, hurricanes and tornadoes. What is the name of this event?

• Kuroshio Current
• Global conveyor
• El Nino
• Typhoon

This weather tool measures wind speed 

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer

This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.

• thunderstorm
• tornado
• hurricane
• blizzard