Tool
Weather
Atmosphere
Winds
Storms
Odds and Ends
100
Used to measure air (atmospheric) pressure
What is a barometer?
100
Brings warm and stormy weather
What is a low pressure?
100
Weather occurs here
What is the troposphere?
100
These are located near the Equator (0-30o)
What are the Trade Winds?
100
These are known as funnel clouds until they touch the ground.
What are tornados?
100
This is average weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
Used to measure wind direction
What is a weather vane or weather sock?
200
Clouds that form CLOSE to the ground
What is fog?
200
The uppermost part of the _____________ is the coldest part of Earth's atmosphere.
What s mesosphere?
200
Label the Winds.
200
Rainstorms with thunder and lightning are known as this.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Name 5 factors that affect climate?
What are latitude, altitude, ocean currents, global winds, and distance from water?
300
Used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer?
300
Brings cool, clear, dry weather
What is high pressure?
300
This is where most jets fly.
What is the stratosphere?
300
Describe how winds are named.
What is from the direction from which they flow?
300
Winds at least 35 m/h with snowfall causing visibility to be less than a quarter of a mile.
What is a blizzard?
300
The dry side of the mountain which occurs as a result of rain shadowing.
What is the leeward?
400
Gathers data in the uppermost atmosphere about weather conditions
What is a weather balloon?
400
This happens when cold fronts meet warm fronts.
What is cold fronts push warm front upward and storms may follow?
400
_____________ is abundant in the stratosphere.
What is ozone?
400
This is a high altitude wind causing winds and weather patterns to move west to east.
What is the Jet Stream?
400
Wind speeds more than 74 m/h which from from tropical storms over the ocean create this storm.
What is a hurricane?
400
Air pressure flows from high to low.
true or false
What is true?
500
Tracks wind speed and direction and rain amounts
What is a Doppler radar?
500
Changes in volume, temperature, altitude, and humidity affect this.
What is air pressure?
500
Space Shuttles and the International Space Station orbit here.
What is the thermosphere?
500
Because of Earth's rotation wind direction changes this is known as ______________ _________.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
Any low pressure storm with spinning winds is known as a __________.
What is a cyclone?
500
Name the variable meteorologist track when forecasting weather.
What are fronts, air pressure, humidity, jet stream?