Water Cycle
What is Nature’s way of recycling water?
The water cycle
Where do hurricanes form?
Over warm oceans.
What tool does a scientist use to measure air pressure
A barometer.
When should people with breathing difficulties avoid the outdoors?
During a smog alert
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton will predict what type of weather?
a warm, sunny day
The tool used to measure how much it rains during a certain time period.
A rain gauge
If the National Weather Service puts out a tornado warning, when is a tornado likely to strike?
In the next few minutes.
Gray or dark clouds are a sign of what type of weather?
Rain or snow.
What are the features of a hurricane?
Strong winds
heavy rainfall
forms over ocean
creates large waves
forms slowly
What type of storm has low temps, strong winds and heavy snowfall?
A Blizzard
What are the features of a tornado?
Spinning column of air
touches the ground
high wind speed
forms quickly
What does a picture with the sun behind a cloud mean on a weather map?
Partly cloudy weather.
Water that falls from the sky is called...
precipitation
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon or cyclone?
What harmful substance do cars and trucks cause in the air?
Ozone