Meteorological Variables
Severe Weather
UND Trivia
Weather vs. Climate
Meteorology Careers
100
This variable is measured with a barometer
What is pressure?
100
This type of severe weather is rated on a scale of EF1 to EF5.
What is a tornado?
100
This is the old nickname/logo of the University of North Dakota.
What is the Fighting Sioux?
100
The wind speed was 25 knots yesterday.
What is weather?
100
These types of classes should be taken in high school if you're interested in meteorology.
What are math and science classes?
200
This variable usually has units of knots or miles per hour.
What is wind?
200
Name one place you could be during a tornado, that is not your home. Where would you take shelter?
A sturdy interior room without windows.
200
These are UND athletic's three colors.
What are green, black, and white?
200
The average temperature for Grand Forks today is 64 F.
What is climate?
200
This color cannot be worn by TV meteorologists.
What is green?
300
This variable is measured with an anemometer.
What is wind?
300
These are the only two severe weather events that can cause very damaging high winds.
What is a tornado and a derecho/downburst wind/etc?
300
This large hockey building is a landmark on the UND campus.
What is the Ralph Englestad Arena?
300
It has rained 2.3 inches this month.
What is weather?
300
Meteorologists often need this type of degree.
What is a bachelor's degree?
400
Scales of this variable include Celsius, Kelvin, and Rankine.
What is temperature?
400
This type of severe weather must have sustained winds of at least 74 mph.
What is a hurricane?
400
The street that most of UND's campus is located on.
What is University Avenue?
400
Katrina was the strongest hurricane to ever hit New Orleans.
What is climate?
400
These types of meteorologists can work for NASA, the EPA, and the military.
What is a research meteorologist?
500
This moisture variable must always be lower than temperature, and is the temperature at which water vapor will condense into liquid.
What is dew point temperature?
500
Name a town that has been hit by a deadly tornado.
What is Joplin, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Louisville, Nashville, Jackson, Raleigh, Parkersburg, Tri-State tornado..?
500
What is the name of the building that the UND Atmospheric Science Department is located in?
What is Clifford Hall?
500
The low temperature last night was 15 degrees below normal.
Both! What are climate and weather?
500
This is one of the reasons why your presenters became interested in meteorology.
Saw the movie "Twister," experienced a cool weather event, was good at math and science, Fred Remer, watched the Weather Channel as a kid...
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