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The weather instrument used to measure the direction the wind is blowing?
weather vane
The imaginary line that splits the globe in half
equator
The study of weather is called ____________.
meteorology
A violently spinning column of air over land
tornado
Which travels faster, sound or light?
Light
What does a rain drop or a hailstone collect around?
a dust particle
The type of clouds that are wispy and feathery.
Cirrus
The weather conditions of a particular place over a long period of time
Climate
There are _____ colors in a rainbow.
7
The layers of gases that surround the planet
atmosphere
When water particles stick to other substances
adhesion
The super-heated air around a lightning strike that rapidly expands is called ____________.
thunder
The type of power formed at dams and waterfalls.
hydropower
The bending of light is called __________.
refraction
A scientific guess
hypothesis
What are the 3 states of water?
solid,liquid,gas
humidity
When water and wind wear away the land, it is called _______________.
erosion
Describe how wind forms.
Sun heats up a part of earth, warm air rises, cool air rushes in to take its place.
Lightning and thunder storms come from these type of clouds.
cumulonimbus
Another name for a volcanic crater
caldera
Name 2 methods of weather forecasting that meteorologists use today.
Super computers, Doppler Radar, Weather Balloons, ASOS
What are the 4 phases of the water cycle?
Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation
The instrument used to measure the wind speed (cups)
anemometer
What are the 3 names for a violently spinning storm over water?
hurricane, typhoon, cyclone