Weather Tools
Water Cycle
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Take Your Chances
100
This instrument measures air temperature.


thermometer  or    barometer

What is a thermometer?
100
Name 3 parts of the water cycle.


evaporation, condensation and p....


What is evaportation, condensation, and precipitation?
100
The center of a hurricane is known as the ________.


eye  or  wall

What is the eye?
100
True or False: A tornado has weaker winds than a hurricane.
What is false?
100
These are the 4 types of precipitation.
What are rain, sleet, snow, and hail?
200
If you were trying to measure the speed of the wind, you would need this weather tool.


weather vane   or  anemometer

What is an anemometer?
200
Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is gone. This is because of _________.
What is evaporation?
200
This slows a hurricane down?


rain   or    landfall

What is landfall or cold weather?
200
True or False: Tornadoes are smaller in size than hurricanes.
What is True?
200
A large storm is heading in your direction from the ocean. It has been in the news for a week. The meteorologists call it a __________?


Tornado  or   hurricane

What is a hurricane?
300
If I wanted to know the direction the wind is blowing, I would use this weather tool.


wind sock or weather vane

What is a weather vane?
300
Water vapor cools and forms droplets of water or ice crystals in this stage of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
300
This is the calmest part of a hurricane.


counter clockwise    or    eye

What is the eye?
300
True or False: Tornadoes last longer than hurricanes.
What is false?
300
A person who studies and predicts the weather is known as this.


new anchor   or   meteorologist

What is a meteorologist?
400
This instrument measures the amount of precipitation.


rain gauge  or  thermometer 

What is a rain gauge?
400
Liquid water evaportates into the air and becomes a gas known as _________.


oxygen  or water vapor

What is water vapor?
400

Where do hurricanes start?

over land      or      over water

What is over land?
400
The part of the United States where most tornadoes occur is know as _____.


Tornado Lane   or Tornado Alley


What is Tornado Alley?
400
A puffy white substance in the sky is called this.
What is a cloud?
500
This weather tool helps you know what to wear each day.
What is a thermometer?
500
This makes the water cycle possible.


heat from the sun   or    snow

What is heat from the sun?
500
To be classified as a hurricane, the winds must be blowing at this speed or higher.


74 mph     or         15mph

What is 74 miles per hour?
500
What state is part of Tornado Alley?


California    or    Texas

What is a Texas?
500
A cloud that is high in the sky and is thin and wispy is called ____.


cirrus cloud     or      circle cloud

What is a cirrus cloud?
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