5th Grade Weather Review

What is a severe tropical storm that rotates counterclockwise with winds at least 74 mph?

Climate zones are affected by...

What instrument is used to measure rain fall?

When a cold air mass pushes warm air up and causes big storms.

What type of clouds are made up of ice crystals?

Low-pressure weather system will most likely bring...

During condensation, water vapor ________, turns back into a liquid, and forms a cloud.

What is it when air masses meet and stop moving?

Who is the person that studies/reports the weather?

Which is not a type of precipitation?

Major storms that form over warm water that bring high waves, heavy winds and heavy rain?

Which of the following instruments is used to measure wind direction?

What front forms if a cold air mass is moving into a warm air mass?

What instrument measures how hot or cold the air is?

When there is an oscillation of water temperatures in the pacific ...

What type of clouds are low and like a blanket?

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Which of the following instruments is used to measure air pressure?

What type of clouds are white and fluffy?

What type of precipitation most likely falls when it is 30 degrees Fahrenheit?

Water droplets form on a cold drink can is called ____.

What is a wind vane used to measure?

What is an air current in the upper atmosphere, located over N. America?

A front that causes stratus clouds and long periods of light rain or snow.

What is a warm water surface current in the Atlantic Ocean that moves up the eastern seaboard?

The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time is called _________.

Which of these words best describes weather?

Which type of breeze happens at the beach during the day?

Wind speed most likely effects...

Jet streams and prevailing westerlies flow from...