Weather Instruments
Clouds
Vocabulary
Extreme Weather
Weather Facts
100
What is an instrument that measures how hot or cold something is?
What is a thermometer.
100
What kind of cloud indicates that a storm might be approaching?
What is cirrus clouds.
100
Tell me the definition of air pressure.
What is the weight of air on Earth's surface.
100
Give me an example of extreme weather.
What is tornado, mud slides, hurricanes, etc.
100
What is a "front"?
What is two different masses of air hitting each other (cold and warm mixing).
200
What is the instrument that measures air pressure in the atmosphere called?
What is a barometer
200
What kind of clouds might you expect to see on a sunny, warm and fair day?
What are cumulus clouds.
200
What does a meteorologist do?
What is predict and forecast the weather.
200
What is the best place to stand in during a lightning storm?
What is inside or under a tree.
200
Does air take up space?
What is yes; it's all around us, pushing down on us.
300
What is the name of the instrument used to catch rain and measure it called?
What is a rain gauge
300
What kind of clouds are "storm" clouds that are dark and lay low in layers through the sky?
What are stratus clouds.
300
what does seasonal mean?
What is normal for the time of the year; dealing with the seasons.
300
What is the best place to hide in during a tornado?
What is a basement or underground chamber of some kind.
300
Are air molecules denser or thinner the higher up you go in the sky?
What is thinner; the atmosphere gets larger.
400
What is the instrument that measures wind speed called?
What is an anemometer.
400
Which clouds can bring in thunderheads?
What are cumulus clouds
400
Define precipitation for me.
What is water that falls from clouds in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
400
How do you measure how far away lightning is from your house?
What is you count the seconds between the lightning and the rumble sound of thunder.
400
Why is it important for a weather forecast to be as accurate as possible?
What is so that people will know what to plan around the weather.
500
What instrument measures humidity in the air?
What is a hygrometer.
500
Name all 3 types of clouds and tell me what they do and where they are located in the sky.
What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. Cirrus are "fair weather" clouds that may indicate a storm is coming. Cumulus are "happy" clouds that indicate good weather, but may also be indicators of storms, and stratus clouds are the rainy ones.
500
Tell me at what point water freezes.
What is 32 degrees Celsius.
500
Name 3 things that extreme weather can do.
What is cause mud to slide, roofs to be torn off, hail to strip trees, crops ruined, etc.
500
What type of weather does a low pressure system bring? A high pressure system?
What is (a) low = storms (b) high = fair weather
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