Weather Instruments
Weather Forcasting
Climate
Severe Weather
100
What measures wind direction?
What is a wind vane.
100
Who is the person who tells the weather?
What is a meteorologist.
100
What is climate?
What is the weather conditions in one area over a long amount of time.
100
What is an overflowing large amount of water beyond normal rainfall?
What is a flood.
200
What measures temperature?
What is a thermometer.
200
What unit do we use to measure temperature. *45 degrees _____*
What is Fahrenheit.
200
Describe the Polar region.
What is an area near the north and south poles. The areas have 6 months of sun and 6 months without sun. There is little plant life.
200
What type of storm produces violent winds typically in the ocean?
What is a hurricane.
300
What measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer.
300
What unit do you use to measure a rain gauge?
What is inches.
300
What is the temperate region?
What is a region with 4 distinct seasons. The weather is typically mild with little change over time.
300
What are four things you often see/hear during a thunderstorm?
What is rain, thunder, lightning, and hail.
400
What measures precipitation?
What is a rain gauge.
400
What are the 3 parts of a weather forecast?
What is temperature, wind and precipitation.
400
What is the Tropical region?
What is a region the near the equator. There are lots of plants and often times rains daily around the same time.
400
Name one way to stay safe during bad weather.
What is ANSWERS WILL VARY.
500
What are the 4 types of precipitation measured?
What is rain, hail, sleet and snow.
500
Give use a simple weather forecast based off of the following:
62 degrees Fahrenheit SW 17 mph 22% percip.
500
What region is Columbia, MO?
What is Temperate region.
500
What is a tornado?
What is rotating winds that have the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud.
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