Clouds
Weather Facts
weather phenomena
Weather Tools
Severe weather
100
What are clouds made of?
What is water and dust particles
100
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
100
what is the edge of a thunderstorm called?
Squall Line
100
I am an instrument that measures the direction from which the wind is blowing
What is a wind vane
100
the severity of a Hurricane is ranked using
What are numbers
200
Name 3 of the 10 cloud types
Cirrus
Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratu
Altocumulus
Altostratus
Nimbostratus
Stratocumulus
Stratus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
200
When clouds become saturated it begins to
What is rain
200
what is a tornado of water called? They suck up water, fish, plants and more and toss them on both water and land.
A water Spout
200
if you have a fever or to meausre the temperature of the air, use me
What is a thermometer
200
after 1979 hurricanes were named this way?
What is alternating male and female names
300
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
300
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
What is precipitation
300
what else can volcanos produce aside from lava and earthquakes?
Lightning!
300
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me
What is a barometer
300
The most severe hurricane would be a category..?
What is 5
400
what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
400
Electrical charges in clouds can produce
What is lightning
400
what is a sun dog?
A sun dog is a bright, colored spot of light that appears on either side of the sun
400
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge
400
A massive wave casued by an underwater earthquake is called a ?
What is tsunami
500
what is this?
Fire rainbows, Light reflecting off ice crystals with cirrus clouds!
500
Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
What is a meteorologist
500
what is this called?
bonus points if you can say how its formed.
Light Pillars, They are formed by long strands of ice crystals in a line of string that reflects light
500
Send me high on up to measure conditions in the upper atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon
500
Which country would most likely be affected by a typhoon?
What is Japan
600
What are the names of these clouds?
Mammatus clouds
600
what is this called?
Crepuscular rays
600
What is this called?
Snow rollers! they are formed with certain weather conditions and heavy winds.
600
what do we use in orbit that scans for weather?
weather satellites!
600
what is this called?
Ice Shove, its when the tide pushes the frozen water on the coast.
1000
What is this called?
Checkerboard waves or square waves.
These are extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all times.
1000
what is this called?
This is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Where it has 28 strikes per minute, an average of 280 strikes per hour.
1000
What are these winds called?
They are known as the Katabatic winds, and are the strongest winds on the planet reaching 200 + Miles per hour.