Weather
When the ocean temperatures are warmer than normal.
What is El Nino?
Hurricanes only form over this
What is water?
This flows from West to East.
What is the Jet Stream?
These are the clouds that often remind people of puff balls.
What are cumulus clouds?
Describe what a cold front looks like on a weather map
Blue line with triangles
When the ocean temperatures are cooler than normal.
What is La Nina?
Hurricanes are fueled by this kind of water.
What is warm water?
The jet stream covers what continent?
What is North America?
These wispy clouds are made up of ice crystals and are high in the sky.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
The device you use to measure air temperature
What is a thermometer?
BONUS QUESTION: Which climate zone receives the least amount of sunlight.
What is the Polar Zone?
The center of a hurricane
What is the "eye"?
This warm water flows out into the Atlantic.
What is the Gulf Stream?
These clouds are often associated with grey days and overcast skies.
What are Stratus Clouds?
Device used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
All weather around the entire world is produced by this.
What is the sun?
Hurricanes are this kind of pressure system.
What is low pressure?
BONUS QUESTION: The states that surround the Gulf of Mexico (There are 5!)
What is Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida?
These clouds often bring rain and storms.
What are Cumulonimbus clouds?
Describe what a warm front looks like on a weather map
What is a red line with half circles?
The farther a place is from the equator, the ______________ the climate.
What is "colder"?
This happens as hurricanes move over land.
What is "begin to fall apart/downgrade"
A body of air or water moving in a definite direction
What is "current"?
Which process of the water cycle produces clouds.
What is evaporation?
Tool that measures wind speed AND direction
What is an anemometer?