WEATHER / CLOUDS STUDY GUIDE

1. Wind speed is measured using a ____________________________________.

2. What is the name of the cycle that includes evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff?
________________ _________________
3. What type of cloud is shown below? __________________________________

4. The sky today has almost no clouds or mostly no clouds. What type of cloud cover is there?
______________________________________________
5. _____________________ ______________ is the observation of the relative amount of coverage in
the sky from different types of clouds.
6. Precipitation is measured using a ____________________ _____________________.
7. True/False: Meteorologists collect data from many tools to tell about the weather today and use
computer models to predict future weather.
8. Clouds form during which phase of the water cycle? ___________________________________
9. Temperature can be measured using which two units? _________________________________ and
______________
10. Rain gauges measure precipitation in what unit? ____________________
11. A wind vane tells where the wind ________________________________.
12. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

13. _______________________________ is the state of the atmosphere, including its temperature, wind
speed, and direction, air pressure, moisture, amount of rain or snow, and other factors.
14. True/ False: A meteorologist ALWAYS predicts the weather correctly.
15. _____________ clouds are the highest clouds in the sky. They are white, wispy, and feather-like.
16. About half of the sky today is covered in clouds. What type of cloud coverage is occurring?
_____________________________________________
17. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

18. Fog is this type of cloud when it is close to the ground. __________________________
19. Wind direction is determined using a ________________________.
20. What type of cloud is shown below? __________________________________

21. Temperature is measured using a ______________________________.

22. Rain gauges are best set up _____________________________________________________________.
23. A scientist who studies and predicts the weather is called a __________________________________.
24. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

25. Which type of cloud spreads out over a large area and looks like a blanket? ______________________
26. Which type of cloud is the only cloud that can produce hail, thunder, or lightening? _________________
27. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________