BIG Weather Review (5th) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The force put on an area by the weight of the air above it. (This can cause happy or lousy weather)

Air Pressure

A device that measures wind speed

Anemometer

Often called the "Northern Lights", this happens in the thermosphere

Aurora Borealis

This instrument measures air pressure

barometer

This cloud is found at the leading edge of a warm front so when you see it, you know a change will happen soon. It's made of ice crystals.

Cirrus Cloud

When cooler air sinks in quickly under warm air and causes heavy rain or storms

Cold Front

When water vapor loses heat energy and turns back into a liquid

condensation

A pattern of warm air rising and cold air sinking

Convection Cell

Potentially dangerous storm clouds that can have lightning

Cumulonimbus

White puffy clouds seen of days of fair weather

cumulus

It is the middle line of latitude and is generally warm here all year

equator

Low lying stratus cloud that touches the Earth

fog

Warm ocean current along the east coast that makes the weather milder

Gulf Stream

Causes clear, cool, sunny days

High Pressure

measures water vapor in the air

hygrometer

When air above the land is hotter and the air above the ocean is colder and the air moves from the ocean to the land

Sea Breeze