Water droplets forming on the outside of a cold glass of water on a hot day is an example of what phase of the water cycle?
What is condensation?
100
What weather instrument measures wind direction?
What is a wind vane?
100
From which type of cloud do thunderstorms originate?
What is cumulonimbus clouds?
100
What type of weather front is indicated by red half-circles?
What is a warm front?
100
Which type of precipitation is found in bad storms only?
warmer
200
What is formed when water vapor rises into the sky, cools, and condenses into tiny drops of water?
What is a cloud?
200
What weather instrument measures heat energy?
What is a thermometer?
200
Which type of severe weather occurs mostly during summer and spring?
What is tornadoes or thunderstorms?
200
What type of weather front is indicated by blue triangles?
What is a cold front?
200
Which type of precipitation is liquid water?
Rain.
300
Fog is this type of cloud when it is very low to the ground.
What is stratus clouds?
300
What weather instrument measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
300
From where do hurricanes obtain their energy?
What is warm ocean water?
300
High barometric pressure indicates what type of weather?
What is sunny and nice?
300
Which type of precipitation is made of ice crystals?
What is snow?
400
Your skin drying off after you come out of the pool on a sunny day is an example of what step of the water cycle?
What is evaporation?
400
Which instrument measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
400
From where in the world do most hurricanes originate?
What is near the equator?
400
On a weather map, Harrisonburg's temperatures are listed as 45°F/29°F. What does that mean?
What is 45°F will be the high temperature for the day. 29°F will be the low temperature for the day.
400
Which type of precipitation is hard balls of ice?
What is hail?
500
1. Which clouds are puffy and white?
2. Which clouds are layered and flat?
3. Which clouds are thin and feathery?
4. Which clouds are puffy and very dark?
1. Cumulus
2. Stratus
3. Cirrus
4. Cumulonimbus
500
Which weather instrument measures humidity?
Hygrometer.
500
Why do hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms occur mostly in the warm months?
Because they need heat energy to form.
500
In the United States, most weather storms go from ________________ to _________________.
What is west to east.
500
Which type of precipitation occurs when rain falls through very cold air and freezes?