6th grade ch. 2 guess the covered word game

Guess the Guess the Covered Covered

WordWord

00ooCCfreezing point of

water on the Celsius scale

way Earth’s rotation makes

winds curve

Coriolis effectCoriolis effect

anemometeranemometer

measures wind speed

global windsglobal winds

winds that blow steadily from

specific directions over long distance

Any form of water that falls

from clouds

precipitationprecipitation

bands of high speed winds about 10 km

above Earth’s surface

Jet streamsJet streams

measures relative humidity

psychrometerpsychrometer

measure of the average energy of

motion of the particles of a substance

temperaturetemperature

reflection of light in all directions

scatteringscattering

unusually long, dry period

droughtdrought

clouds that form in flat layers

stratusstratus

wispy, feathery clouds

cirruscirrus

Hail only forms inside ____ clouds.

cumulonimbuscumulonimbus

ice pellet larger than 5 mm in diameter that

forms during a thunderstorm

hailhail

form of energy with wavelengths longer

than red light

infrared infrared radiationradiation

wavelengths shorter than violet light

ultraviolet radiation

The major global wind belts are: 1.1. trade windstrade winds

2.2. prevailing westerliesprevailing westerlies

3.3. polar easterliespolar easterlies

increased cooling that a wind can

cause

wind-chill wind-chill factorfactor

winds that blow from specific directions

over long distances

global windsglobal winds

Meteorologists measure rainfall

with a

rain gauge.rain gauge.

The three main types of clouds are:

1.1. cumuluscumulus

2.2. stratusstratus

3.3. cirruscirrus

clouds that form at or near the ground

fogfog

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