Weather Wonders
What term describes the day-to-day changes in the atmosphere, like sunshine, rain, and snow?
What is weather?
Why do some places feel hotter or colder than others, causing differences in weather conditions?
What is because of uneven air masses?
Explain, in simple words, why clouds get grumpy and bring thunderstorms and rain.
What is because warm and cool air mix up in the sky?
Name the speedy winds high up in the sky that influence our weather and help airplanes fly faster.
What are jet streams?
How does the Sun's heat affect the air, creating different temperatures around the Earth?
What is the Sun warms the air, causing temperature differences?
When scientists study and explain why the air in some places is hot and in others it's cold, what are they providing?
What is a scientific explanation?
How does the temperature of an area affect the kind of weather it experiences?
What is different temperatures lead to different weather?
What happens in the atmosphere to make it snow, and why doesn't it snow in warm places?
What is when cold air meets moisture in the air, it can snow?
What term describes the circular motion of air, often in a storm or tornado?
What is swirling or whirling?
Why does the weather change from season to season?
What is because of the tilt of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun?
What fluffy things in the sky are responsible for bringing us rain, snow, and storms?
What are clouds?
What is the low-lying cloud that can make it hard to see, especially in the morning?
What is fog?
What is the term for the small balls of ice that can fall during certain storms?
What is hail?
What is the term for the low-lying cloud that moves fast and can bring rain or storms?
What is a nimbus cloud?
What is the term for the amount of moisture or water vapor in the air?
What is humidity?
How does the amount of sunlight an area gets affect its temperature and weather?
What is more sunlight usually means warmer weather?
What do weather forecasters use to help them predict what the weather will be like in the coming days?
What is weather models and data?
In cold areas, what strong snowstorms with strong winds are called?
What are blizzards?
What causes the wind to blow, and why does it sometimes blow harder in certain places?
What is differences in air pressure causing air to move?
Why does hail, those small balls of ice, form in some storms?
What is when raindrops freeze in updrafts of strong thunderstorms?
What term describes the average weather conditions in a place over a long time?
What is climate?
Why does the air move around, creating wind, and what makes it blow stronger in some places?
What is because of differences in air pressure?
When you hear a loud sound during a storm, what is happening in the sky?
What is thunder caused by lightning heating the air rapidly?
How do tornadoes form, and why are they sometimes called "twisters"?
What is when warm and cool air mix in a storm, creating a spinning column of air?
What colorful arc appears in the sky after rain and sunshine mix together?
What is a rainbow?