Water Cycle
Severe Weather
Key Terms/Facts
Safety
Forecasting and Measurement
100

Nature's way of recycling water

What is the water cycle?

100

The most common type of storm

What is thunderstorm?

100

Clouds are formed by this

What is water droplets sticking to dust particles and joining with others during condensation

100

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house

What is the basement?

100

Scientists who study weather

What are Meteorologists?

200

The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor

What is evaporation?

200

Spinning cloud with a funnel shape

What is a tornado? 

200

The minute by minute or day by day changes in the atmosphere

What is weather?

200

This is often provided after severe weather events 

What is humanitarian aid? 

200

Instrument that shows wind direction

What is a wind vane? 

300

Rain, Sleet, Snow

What is precipitation? 

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

What is a hurricane? 

300

The process of humans burning fossil fuels causes this

What is climate change?

300
Three items you should include in your emergency preparedness kit

Food, water, batteries, radio, protective clothing, comfort item, first aid supplies... etc. 

300

Instrument that measures wind speed

What is an anemometer? 

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

What is condensation?

400

Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

What is a flood?

400

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

400

The best way to stay safe in a lightening storm

What is get indoors

400

Large weather patterns are observed and measured by these

What are satellites? 

500

Water that is found underground

What is groundwater?

500

Another name for a hurricane

What is a typhoon? 

500
This is how wind is formed

What is air moving from unequally heated bodies of land or water? 

500

If you know a severe type of weather this is the best way to stay safe

What is evacuate? 

500

The reason forecasting severe weather is important

What is to keep people safe?

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