Weather Tools
Weather Components
Changes in Weather
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Do you remember?
100
These instruments are used to determine the air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Jillian was going outside to play with friends, but went back inside to grab her coat. Which weather component did Jillian observe?
What is temperature?
100
As air masses move across an area, they collide. The boundary between two air masses is called a _____.
What is a front?
100
Clouds formed on land.
What is fog?
100
The process of rock breaking apart.
What is weathering?
200
Meteorologists use this tool to measure the amount of rain.
What is a rain gauge?
200
Andrew stepped outside and realized that he needed an umbrella. What weather component did Andrew observe?
What is precipitation?
200
What type of temperatures follow a cold front?
What is cooler or cold?
200
We use this to observe cloud cover.
What is our eyes?
200
The process of moving weathered rock from one place to another.
What is erosion?
300
This tool is used to determine the direction in which the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
300
What are the sub categories of cloud cover?
What is cloudy, partly cloudy, sunny and foggy?
300
Warmer, then steady conditions follow which change in weather?
What is a warm front?
300
How would you describe the cloud cover on the photo?
What is sunny or clear?
300
When the wind deposits sand in one area, _____ forms.
What are sand dunes?
400
People that study weather in an attempt to predict future weather trends.
What are meteorologists?
400
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
What is rain, hail, sleet and snow?
400
Which type of front experiences more precipitation?
What is a cold front?
400
A Category 4 hurricane will mostly likely produce which of the following wind conditions?
Calm (Less than 1 Km/h or 0.62 mph)
Light (1 Km/h – 11 Km/h or 0.62 mph – 7 mph)
Breezy (12 Km/h – 38 Km/h or 8 mph – 24 mph)
Strong (39 Km/h – 88 Km/h or 25 mph – 55 mph)
Very Strong (More than 88 Km/h or more than 55 mph)
What are very strong winds?
400
This type of soil is a mixture of sand, silt and clay and is dark in color due to the presence of large amounts of humus.
What is loamy soil?
500
This tool can be used to determine wind speed AND wind direction.
What is a wind sock?
500
What are the 5 weather components?
What is temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and wind direction?
500
After a cold front passes through, where are the winds more likely blowing from?
What is the North?
500
What temperature marks freezing in degrees Fahrenheit?
What is 32°F?
500
Electrical charges can easily flow through this type of materials?
What are conductors?