Scientific Method
The educated guess for the experiment results.
What is the hypothesis?
The step of the water cycle when water falls from clouds as rain or snow.
What is alto-?
The symbol for a high pressure system.
What is blue H?
The strongest level of hurricanes.
What is category 5 hurricanes?
Learning what is already known about the experiment topic.
What is Research?
The step of the water cycle where water becomes water vapor.
What is evaporation?
High level clouds are made of this.
What is ice/ice crystals?
This type of air mass is warm and dry.
What is Tropical Continental Air Mass?
The most dangerous part of a hurricane.
What is the eye wall?
The variable you measure during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
Heat transfer that occurs through direct contact.
What is conduction?
The type of cloud that look feathery and are high in the atmosphere.
What are cirrus clouds?
Air pressure system that has warm air rising to form clouds and precipitation.
What is a low pressure system?
Benefits include killing disease and promoting new growth.
What is a Wildfire?
A type of scientific investigation that compares two different conditions.
What is a Comparative Investigation?
When matter moves in circles to transfer heat.
What is convection?
Type of cloud that produces the most rain.
What is a Nimbus Cloud?
The weather that a warm front brings.
What is light rain and warmer temperatures?
The risk of severe weather occuring.
What is a weather watch?
The six steps of the scientific method in order.
This is the primary heat transfer for drying clothes in the sun.
What is radiation?
Type of cloud that has a layered appearance, thin and often grey in color.
What is a stratus cloud?
The types of front that can bring stormy weather.
What are cold and occluded fronts?
Strong wind gusts, hail, and tornado forming are required for this storm.
What is a severe thunderstorm?