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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cumulus | puffy with flat bottoms and round tops that signal fair weather |
| cirrus | wisp,feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels |
| stratus | clouds that form in flat layers and often cover much of the sky |
| nimbus | a rain cloud |
| fog | a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground |
| anemometer | a instrument used to measures wind speed |
| wind vane | instrument used to measure wind direction |
| thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature |
| sling psychometric | tool made of wet and dry thermometer that measures relative humidity and requires a table to interpret the two temperatures |
| barometer | an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure |
| rain gauge | an instrument used to measure precipitation |
| weather map | a map that uses symbols to show whether data |
| weather satellites | type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the whether and climate of the earth |
| weather radar | is a instrument that sends pulses of electromagnetic energy into the atmosphere to find precipitation determine its motion and and intensity, and identify the precipitation type such as rain, snow or hail intensity and identify and precipitation type |
| isobar | line on a map connecting points having the same barometric reading at a given time |
| isotherm | A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature. |
| cumulonimbus | are thunderstorm clouds. High winds can flatten the top of the cloud into an anvil-like shape. Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lightning and even tornadoes. The anvil usually points in the direction the storm is moving. |