WATER, WEATHER DATA, & WEATHER FORECASTING

4TH GRADE SCIENCE – MS. ASKEW

FOR THE FIRST FEW QUESTIONS, YOU WILL USE A WORD BANK TO HELP YOU

“FILL IN THE BLANK.”wind vane thermometer rain gauge

barometer hygrometer anemometer

stratus cumulus cirrusnimbus

humidity front stationary frontweather climate

How much water vapor or moisture

is in the air is called _________.

____________ clouds are high, wispy clouds made up of ice

crystals.

A __________ measures how hot or cold the air is at a

certain time.

A __________ measures the amount of rain that has

fallen.

A __________ measures humidity, or water vapor in

the air.

____________ clouds are flat, layered, and gray clouds.

An __________ measures wind speed.

__________ clouds are thick, white, billowy clouds.

A __________ measures air pressure.

A __________ is the boundary between air masses that

have different temperatures.

A __________ tells the direction the wind is blowing.

__________ is the average weather in a certain place over a long period of time.

___________ clouds are large, gray, and stormy clouds.

They signal that precipitation is coming.

A ________________ is when air masses of different

temperatures meet and do not move.

__________ is the daily condition of the atmosphere.

Label the following parts of the water cycle:

CONDENSATION

EVAPORATION

RUNOFF

PRECIPITATION?

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CONDENSATION

PRECIPITATION

RUNOFF

EVAPORATION

The cold air pushes the lighter, warm air up. Clouds may form and it may lead to

rain showers or thunderstorms.

The lighter, warm air is lifted up over the cold air. As the air rises, it cools and

steady precipitation develops/

The pictures show two different types of fronts. Label the types of fronts.

COLD FRONT WARM FRONT