4 th Grade Science SOL 4.6 Weather Created By, Jennifer Sagendorf Suffolk Public Schools
The Water Cycle 100 Tools of the Trade 100 Air Masses & Fronts 100 Clouds 100 Take Your Best Shot Weather Jeopardy
Energy from the sun warms the water on the earth causing it to do this
What is evaporate?
Clouds are made up of this
What are tiny drops of water or water vapor?
One of these is NOT a form of precipitation: RainSleetSnowFog Freezing Rain Hail
What is fog?
As more and more tiny droplets of liquid form in a cloud, they combine and get heavier causing this
What is precipitation?
As warm moist air rises, it begins to cool, which causes the water vapor in the air to do this
What is condense?
This measures the wind direction
What is a weather vane?
This measures the amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
This measures the speed of the wind
What is an anemometer?
This measures the force exerted by the weight of the air
What is a barometer?
This measures the amount of water vapor in the air
What is a hygrometer?
The boundary between two air masses
What is a front?
The direction air masses generally move in the US
What is from west to east?
A curved line with rounded bumps on a weather map
What is a warm front?
This is associated with a very rapid weather change
What is a cold front?
This is when a cold air mass pushes out a warm air mass, often bringing thunderstorms, or heavy rains, followed by sunshine and cool weather
What is a cold front?
These are “fair weather” clouds
What are cirrus and cumulus clouds?
This cloud type is the closest to the ground
What is fog?
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
Low to the ground, flat and gray, this cloud type often brings steady rain or snow
What is a stratus cloud?
Starting over the Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, these are the largest and most powerful of storms
What are hurricanes?
A scientist who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
Movement of air
What is wind?
Instruments in space that collect weather data and take pictures of cloud cover
What are weather satellites?
This is associated with low or falling air pressure
What is rain or snow?
This indicates that there is clear, cooler weather ahead
What is a rising barometer?