Weather and Technology
A scientist who studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
The force of air against Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
An instrument used to measure humidity?
What is a psychrometer?
The most common type of precipitation.
What is rain?
A violent, funnel shaped cloud.
What is a tornado?
Technology that meteorologists use to track weather around the world.
What are satellites?
What is gravity?
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
If weather suddenly cools down, this might have gone through the area.
What is a cold front?
What is flying debris?
A type of technology that tracks storms.
What is Doppler Radar?
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
This invention allowed meterologists to communicate over longer distances about weather.
What is the telegraph?
What is a storm?
A large tropical storm that starts in the ocean and brings winds and precipitation.
What is a hurricane?
A prolonged period of a lack of moisture.
What is a drought?
High, flat clouds are called....
What are cumulonimbus?
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This organization alerts people to severe weather.
What is the National Weather Service?
This is caused by heat from lightning suddenly expanded air.
What is thunder?
The most important factor a wildfire fighter would want to know in the forecast.
What is wind?
Most precipitation starts in this form.
Weather usually travels in which direction.
What is from west to east?
This type of pressure system is usually associated with nice weather.
List two safety precautions with a tornado.
What is.....