A tool for measuring atmospheric pressure

A tool that measures the amount of rain at a location

___________ clouds look the most like cotton balls. They're puffy and white with flat bottoms.

Fog is made of low ____________ clouds.

____________ clouds are wispy and feather-like clouds.

__________________ clouds are low clouds that are wide, flat, thin layers of clouds covering the sky.

2. What type of cloud is shown?

1. This type of cloud is thin and wispy high in the atmosphere

11. Are stratus clouds or cirrus clouds found closer to the ground?

What is the layer of air that surrounds the Earth?

What is created by all the particles of air pressing down on the surface?

Select the two gases that make up the majority of Earth's atmosphere.

Which layer of the atmosphere does a majority of weather occurs in?

Snow, rain, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____________.

Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest layer yet burn up meteors headed towards Earth?

Which layer of the atmosphere is where the ozone layer is located?

The distance above sea level is called ___________.

Moving air is called __________.

Winds that move in large circular belts around the earth.

An air mass is a body of air that has about the same __________________.

A _________is the boundary where two unlike air masses meet.

A _______-pressure (light) air mass usually has warm, moist air.

A _______-pressure (dense) air mass usually has cool, dry air.

A sea breeze blows ___________.

A land breeze blows _______________.

Wind is created by ____________.

COLDER than average temperatures for southern United States.

WARMER than average temperatures for southern United States.

What type of severe weather does this picture show?

What type of weather event has higher-than-average temperatures and higher-than-normal humidity for an extended period of time?

What weather event involves a funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches down to the ground?

What severe weather event occurs when a large, cold air mass lifts a warm air mass quickly?

During a thunderstorm, static electricity, called ____________, moves between clouds or between the clouds and the earth.

What is a snowstorm with strong, freezing winds and blowing snow called?

A large storm with spiraling winds that form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean is called a _________.

Hurricanes that occur in the western Pacific Ocean are called ___________.

What is the sound that results from hot air instantly expanding and cooler air rushing in?

The Earth system that includes all the water on the earth is the ____________.

Any type of moisture that falls through the atmosphere and reaches the ground is called ______________.

___________ is water vapor in the atmosphere.

Water droplets in the clouds that join together to form larger drops are called ________.

Water vapor that condenses on the surface of objects that are cooler than the moist air is called ______.

Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth is ________.

Raindrops that fall from warm air when the surface of the earth is below freezing, causing the raindrops to freeze as they hit the earth is __________.

Ice that forms on a surface from water vapor without passing through the liquid state is ________.