Question | Answer |
What type of clould is it? huge with flat tops, rain | Cumulonimbus |
What type of clould is it?feathery, made of ice cyrstals | Cirrus |
What type of clould is it?like a blanket covering the sky, very low | Stratus |
What type of clould is it?fair weather, you drew cloulds like this when you were little | Cumulus |
conduction, convection, or radiation?hot sand touching your feet. | conduction |
conduction, convection, or radiation?boiling water | convection |
conduction, convection, or radiation?feeling the suns rays on your face. | radiation |
conduction, convection, or radiation?hot coffee burning your tounge (be careful this is a hard one!) | conduction |
Name the instrument that measures...rain fall | rain gauge |
Name the instrument that measures...temperature | thermometer |
Name the instrument that measures...wind | anemometer |
Name the instrument that measures...relative humidity | psychrometer |
how does sleet form? | when a rain drop falls through air that is 0°C or 32°F or below and freezes |
how does freezing rain form? | Freezing Rain happens when rain falls and immediately freezes as it hits the surface. |
how does snow form? | Snow begins in cloulds as water condenses into a tiny droplet. As more water vapor comes together, it grows . Then it freezes into an ice crystal |