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Forms of Precipitation Water Cycle Geography and Weather 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Category C Weather Tools 10 Point Clouds $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100$100$100 $200$200$200$200 $300 $400 $500 $300$300$300 $400$400$400 $500$500$500 $100

$100 Tool used to measure temperature.

Return $100 What is a thermometer?

$200 Tool used to measure only wind direction.

Return $200 What is a wind vane?

$300 Tool used for measuring air pressure.

Return $300 What is a barometer?

$400 Tool used for measuring wind speed.

Return $400 What is an anemometer?

$500 Tool used for measuring humidity.

Return $500 What is a hygrometer?

$100 Most common form of precipitation in temperate areas.

$100 What is rain? Return

$200 Frozen precipitation that grows as a result of updrafts within clouds.

Return $200 What is hail?

$300 Frozen precipitation that forms in small crystals.

Return $300 What is snow?

$400 Typically begins as snow, melts, and then refreezes before it hits the ground.

Return $400 What is freezing rain or sleet?

$500 Two variables that affect the type of precipitation.

Return $500 What are the altitude where the precipitation forms and the temperature of the atmosphere?

$100 This is what clouds are made of.

Return $100 What are tiny water droplets or ice crystals?

$200 Clouds that form at high altitudes, usually mean fair weather, and are made of ice crystals.

Return $200 What are cirrus clouds?

$300 Clouds that most often bring rain or snow.

$300 What are stratus? Return

$400 Prefix or suffix that means rain.

Return $400 What is nimbo- or - nimbus?

$500 Clouds that can form from the lowest altitude and build to the highest.

Return $500 What is cumulus?

$100 The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas.

$100 What is evaporation? Return

$200 Process that speeds up as a result of wind, heat, or sunlight?

Return $200 What is evaporation?

$300 Water the falls to the ground.

Return $300 What is precipitation?

$400 The drops of water on the outside of this glass.

Return $400 What is condensation?

$500 The amount of water vapor in the air at any given time.

Return $500 What is humidity?

$100 Cooler land and warmer ocean water.

Return $100 What is a sea breeze?

$200 Cooler temperatures at the top of mountains result in more of these.

Return $200 What are clouds?

$300 The distance above sea level.

Return $300 What is altitude?

$400 In this picture, the side of the mountain that will most likely experience the most rain and snow.

Return What is Side A?

$500 The typical effect on air pressure and temperature as elevation increases.

Return $500 What is they decrease?

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The name we give the weight of the atmosphere called and the tool we use to measure it.

Return What is air pressure and a barometer?