Vocabulary
What Makes Up Weather?
Weather Patterns
Potpourri
100
What the air is like outside.
What is weather?
100
Used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
The organization that puts out watches and warnings.
What is the National Weather Service?
100
A tool that measures how much water is in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
200
A spinning, funnel-shaped, column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
200
The name of this tool. (View attached picture B)
What is a rain gauge?
200
The three things weather patterns depend on.
What is the Sun, water and where you live?
200
The name of this tool. (View attached picture A)
What is an anemometer?
300
The blanket of air that surrounds Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
300
Three things that make up the weather.
What are clouds, wind, temperature, and kind or amount of water in the air?
300
A storm that forms over warm oceans.
What is a hurricane?
300
The harmful substance cars and trucks cause in the air.
What is ozone?
400
A winter storm with low temperatures and blowing snow.
What is a blizzard?
400
The kind of day you would see white, fluffy clouds.
What is a warm and bright day?
400
An alert that means a tornado is likely to strike in the next few minutes.
What is a tornado warning?
400
Measured using this tool. (View attached picture B)
What is the amount of water that has fallen over a period of time?
500
A huge storm with heavy rains, strong winds, and huge waves.
What is a hurricane?
500
Measured using this tool. (View attached picture A)
What is wind speed?
500
The type of winter weather that is likely in a town in eastern Washington.
What is cold and dry?
500
A time when people with breathing difficulties should avoid the outdoors.
What is a smog or pollution alert?
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