Heat Transfer
Air Masses/Fronts
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Tornado/Hurricane
Safety and
Trivia
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100

An episode of severe weather caused by major disturbances in the atmosphere.

Storm.

100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100

Where should you go during a tornado if you are in a house?

The basement.

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200

Where should you go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building?

What is the lowest level of the building.

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300

A snow storm with high winds.

A blizzard.

300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300

April through June

What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400

A tall cumulonimbus cloud.

A thunderhead.

400

Very high water level below the eye of a hurricane.

Storm Surge

400

What should you do if you’re in a car during a hurricane?

What is pull over and do not drive through puddles.

500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500

Winter storms develop from what?

Cyclones

500

Scale used rate the damage and speed of hurricanes.

The Saffir-Simpson scale

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