Weather Instruments
Weather vs Climate
Cloud Types
Extreme Weather
Mash-Up!
100
What is a barometer?
100
Daily condition of the atmosphere in a certain area.
What is weather?
100
Fluffy, flat, white, cotton puffs in the sky.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
These events occur usually in this order during one of these:
Rain-Lightening-Thunder
What is a Thunderstorm?
100
"Hold up!"
What is "Wait a Minute!"?
200
The temperature according to this thermometer.
What is 24°C and 75°F
200
The average weather in an area over an extended period of time.
What is climate?
200
This type of cloud covers the sky and blocks sunlight and has light rain and drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
200
The violent storm that forms in the Atlantic Ocean and lasts a long time has strong winds and heavy rain.
What is a hurricane?
200
Low air pressure masses are associated with these two weather conditions.
What are storms and strong winds?
300
What measures wind speed?
300
The rainiest season in Norfolk, VA is Summer.
What is Climate?
300
Tall, large clouds that reach high in the air and are noticeably darker on the bottom and may produce thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
300
Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes all have this characteristic in common.
What are strong winds?
300
The temperature in Virginia went fron 65° on Friday to 42° on Monday. Texas experienced a similar weather pattern with 76° on Friday and 51° on Monday. This state had the biggest change and by this amount.
What is Texas?
What is 25°?
400
What an anonometer measures
What is wind speed?
400
In Texas July is the driest time of the year, but the meteorologist said it is supposed to rain this entire week. This is best described as:
___________ then __________
What is climate then weather?
400
A common weather event that may be seen in the following conditions: below bridges, rising from surfaces that have warmed or cooled quickly, in large dank fields, or in very spooky movies!
What is fog?
400
Huge slow moving storms, that occur over warm water, and winds equal to or greater than 74 miles per hour are associated with this type of storm.
What are Hurricanes?
400
The two weather conditions most favorable for a thunderstorm.
What is warm and humid?
500
Weather instruments most used by meteorologists to describe the weather on the evening news.
What is a thermometer, barometer, anemometer, and rain guage?
500
The farmers in the Piedmont region rely heavily on crops they plant and harvest for their economy. A drought has hit the Piedmont area for the last ten years. Because of the the region experiences changes in this ____________.
What is their ecosystem?
500
A book that was made into an awesome movie in 2009 has this title " ___________ With a Chance of Meatballs
What is Cloudy?
500
Funnel shaped clouds of air that are often formed during Thunderstorms.
What are Tornadoes?
500
If you build a model of a weather instrument and it doesn't work as expected. This is first step in evaluating the model.
What is check your model for flaws?