WorksheetsWeather Science
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Clear conditions, barometer increase
Low Pressure
Cloudy Skies
High Pressure
Clear Skies
White, puffy, fair weather clouds.
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
Stratus
Cirrus
Measures the amount of precipitation.
Barometer
Aneometer
Thermometer
Rain Gauge
Measures air pressure; as it increases it brings clear weather, as it decreases it brings stormy weather.
Humidity
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Wind
Measured with anemometer, caused by differences in air pressure; the greater the difference the greater the speed.
Wind Speed
Air
Humidity
Closets
Caused by the tilt of the earth, when hemisphere tilts toward the sun summer, when it tilts away winter. Opposite hemispheres have opposite... : Winds
True
False
Polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, trade winds; caused by uneven heating of earth's surface.
Local Winds
Global Winds
Earth's Winds
Atlantic Ocean Winds
Low level clouds, fog, can bring rain (drizzle)
Cirrus
Cumulus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Caused by temperatures over land and water changing, happens during the night.
Local breeze
Land breeze
Global breeze
Sea breeze
Measures temperatures, if below 32 degrees F, it is freezing: Thermometer
True
False
Causes temperature drop, brings stronger storms; cold air moves under warm air.
Warm front
Air front
Cold front
Snow front
Mild temperatures; can be found around middle latitudes; hot in summer, cold in winter.
Terrestial
Temperate
Decidous
Grasslands
Decreasing surface temperatures of the Pacific, can bring less precipitation and warmer winter to NC.
El Nino
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Oceans
La Nina
Cloudy condition, barometer decrease
High pressure
Warm front
Low pressure
Cold front
Causes air to be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Warm front
Large body of water changes
Large body of water affects climate
Low pressure
