Jenga Weather Review

Column 1

100

• This type of air pressure brings cloudy and rainy weather

Low Pressure

200

• White puffy cloud that brings fair weather

Cumulus

300

• Fast moving air current that travels west to east. Forms between a cold and warm air mass.

Jet Stream

400

• Imaginary line in the middle of the earth that splits up the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Equator

500

• Weather front that brings severe thunderstorms.

Cold Front

Column 2

100

• Weather instrument that measures air pressure.

Barometer

200

• Thin wispy cloud that brings fair weather

Cirrus

300

• This type of air pressure brings fair and sunny weather.

High Pressure

400

• Water current that starts in the Gulf of Mexico and travels up the East Coast of the United States.

Gulf Stream

500

• Weather front that brings cloudy skies and wet conditions and warmer temperatures. 

Warm front

Column 3

100

• Happens every 3-7 years and increases the temperature of the Pacific Ocean

El Nino

200

• Creates colder ocean water than normal and causes winters to be warmer.

La Nina

300

• Severe weather storm that forms over warm ocean water

Hurricane

400

• Flat cloud that brings dark and dreary weather

Stratus

500

• Weather instrument that measures air temperature

Thermometer

Column 4

100

• Wind responsible for weather systems across America.

Prevailing Westerlies