weather elements Flashcards
it tells how warm or cold the air
temperature
it measure the temperature
thermometer
it measures air temperature
air thermometer
temperature is expresses
degree celcius
it measure the speed of the wind
anemometer
the instrument used to tell the directions of the wind
wind vane
kinds of cloud
cirrus cloud, stratus cloud, cumulus cloud, nimbus cloud
clouds like thin and white feathers and appear high up in the sky
cirrus cloud
clouds that come in flat layer and appear grayish and bluish because they are thick and low
stratus cloud
appear like big heaps of white smoke and look like cotton with flat bases and towering tops it appear in fine sunny day
cumulus clouds
also called rain cloud apoear in big heaps of dark heavy clouds
nimbus clouds
the process of falling of condensed vapor from the atmosphere in the form of raindrops, ice crystals
precipitation
water found beneath the earths surface
groundwater
water part of the earth is called
hydrosphere
the blanket of air is calked
atmosphere