Weather and Climate
This is a prediction of what the weather will be like in the future
What is Forecast
How many layers are there in our atmosphere
What is 5
This is the cycle that allows for the formation of clouds with condensation
Why does a hurricane lose strength when it travels over land
Because there is no warm and moist ocean water to feed its power
This hurricane category has minimal storm destruction
What is Category 1
Name the 4 types of precipitation
What is rain, snow, sleet and hail
This layer of the atmosphere is where weather occurs
What is the Troposphere
This is when water is warmed and travels up into the atmosphere
what is Evaporation
This kind of water rises up from the oceans surface to give strength to hurricane development
What is moist and warm (greater that 80 degrees) water
This is a ban of swirling clouds that surrounds the eye and has the most damaging winds and rain volumes
What is the eyewall
This weather tool is used to measure wind speed
What is an Anemometer
This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere and protects Earth from meteors
What is the Mesosphere
These are the low clouds that are white and fluffy; they predict fair weather
What are Cumulus clouds
This storm consists of a thunderstorm with slight circulation
What is a Tropical Disturbance
This hurricane category has winds over 131mph and 13-18ft storm surges
What is a category 4 hurricance
This is the study of weather (or a person who studies the weather)
What is meteorology (or meteorologist)
This is where the ozone layer is
What is in the Stratosphere
These are the low light gray clouds that look like a thin sheet covering the sky; they predict a dreary day
What are Stratus clouds
This storm is made up of a group of thunderstorms coming together with 23-29mph winds
What is a Tropical Depression
This is the name of the water displacement that happens during hurricanes. It is measured in feet to tell how destructive the hurricane is...
What is storm surge
This long term condition takes decades or centuries to see change occur, uses all atmospheric conditions to evaluate and has zones around the Earth including polar, rainforest, desert, tropical and temperate.
What is Climate
Why is it important to take care of our atmosphere?
Limits Pollution, breathing/life possible (clean air) and UV ray protection
Name a cloud that has meaning of rain in its name
What is Cumulonimbus or Nimbostratus
What wind speed does an organized Tropical storm need to be to become a hurricane
What is greater than 74mph
This is the name of the scale used to measure and predict the destruction of hurricanes
What is the Saffier-Simpson scale