A radily spinning column of air that comes down out of a thunderstorm and touches the ground.
What is a tornado
100
A dangerous storm with wind speeds of at least 119 kilometers per hour.
What is Hurricane
100
How we measure weather?
What is Scientists use tools to measure weather conditions. They gather data from weather stations all around the world.
100
How do we predict weather?
What is meteorologist use data collected from weather stations around the world, weather balloons, and satellites high above Earth's surface.
200
Thunderstorms can produce?
What is strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder. (Sometimes hail)
200
What do tornadoes cause damage to?
What is anything that they touch.
200
Can they cause damage when they hit land? To what?
What is Yes and to building, property, houses, and land
200
What are meteorologists?
What is scientists that study weather conditions
200
What is a radar?
What is a system that ues radio waves to find objects and measure their distance and speed. It is helpful in tracking storms.
300
What kind of damage can a thunderstorm cause?
What is property (flooding can cause damage to peoples land)
300
How fast can the winds of a tornado be?
What is 500 Kilometers per hour.
300
What makes up a hurricane?
What is many bands of thuderstorms.
300
What does a thermometer measure
What is temperature
300
A prediction of what the weather will be like for the next few days.
What is weather forecast.
400
What kind of cloud is a thunderstorm cloud?
What is cumulonimbus
400
Where can a tornado happen?
What is Anywhere in the United States, but mostly in the midwestern United States.
400
Where does a hurricane form?
What is over warm ocean water.
400
What is a barometer?
What is a tool used to measure air pressure.
400
What does a weather map show?
What is Warm Fronts, Cold Fronts, Stationary Fronts, High Pressure, and Low Pressure.
500
Name thunderstorm safety tips!
What is Take cover in a building or a car, keep the car windows closed. If you are outside squat low and place your hands over your head.
500
Safety tips for tornadoes?
What is Go to a basement or storm shelter. If there is not one go to an inside room, hallway, or closet on the first floor away from windows. If you are outside you should lie flat in a ditch. Lie facedown and cover your head with your hands.
500
Safety tips for hurricanes?
What is Prepare a disaster plan and a disaster supply kit ahead of time. Evacuate the area if told to do so. Do not use the phone except for emergencies.
500
What is a hygrometer? What is a wind vane? What is an anemometer?
What is measures humidity, measures the wind direction, and measures win speed.
500
A triangle stands for what on a weather map? Semi-Circles are used to show what on a weather map?