Predicting Weather

Weather Forecasting

100

What do meteorologists do?

They try to predict weather by just observing or using gadgets

200

What is the first step in weather forecasting?

To collect data either from simple direct observations or through the use of instruments

300

What do meteorologists use radar for?

To track areas of rain or snow and to locate savere storms.

400

What source is the most useful for predicting the weather these days?

A) Local observations   B) Radar observations  C) Satellites  D)  Billy Bob - your local meteorologist

C) Satellites

500

Why is weather forecasting important?

Because weather forecasting lets us know what kind of weather will come in the future.

Weather Technology

100

What do weather balloons carry?

Scientific Instruments

200

Where do weather ballons go? (Which two of the atmosphere's layers? - hint: think of the lowest 2)

High into the troposphere and lower stratosphere.

300

When did the first computers start to do calculations for weather forecasting models?

1950's

400

Modern satellites collect data on what? (NAME ONE)

Optional:Temperature, humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and wind direction, cloud cover.

500

The National Weather Service has established how many surface weather observation sites?

A) 100  B) 700  C) 1700  D) 25000

C) 1,700

Reading Weather Maps

100

A weather map is a ___________ of conditions at a particular time over a large area. A) Snapshot B) Collage C) Movie D) Conditions

A

200

Maps on ____________ are simplified versions of maps produced by the national weather service.

TV/Internet

300

How many weather maps are in the world.

MANY

400

Curved lines on weather maps connect places where certain conditions are the same (or equal) such as, air __________ (measured with isobars).

Pressure

500

Isotherms are line joining places that have the same ________________.

Temperature

Vocabulary

100

Scientists who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it?

Meteorologists

200

Lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure.

Isobar

300

Lines joing places that have the same temperature.

Isotherms

400

An object launched to orbit Earth?

Satellite

500

Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention

Symbol

Random Questions

100

To make a forecast, the computer starts with the weather predictions reported from various weather stations over alarge area. The computer then works through _________________ of calculations using equations from weather models.

Thousands

200

Technological improvements in gathering weather data and using computers have improved the accuracy of weather ______________________.

Forecast

300

Scientists who study the weather and predict it. Tell me the name of this person and then spell it.

Meteorologist m-e-t-e-o-r-o-l-o-g-i-s-t

400

Spell:

i-s-o-b-a-r

500

Spell:

I-S-O-T-H -E-R-M