Weather Patterns
What is weather?
What it is like outside at a certain time/place
Name the 4 seasons
Fall, Winter, Summer, Spring
What type of natural disaster causing shaking of Earth's surface?
Earthquake
What weather tool measures temperature
Thermometer
What is a thick cloud of water droplets that hovers close to the ground limiting visability?
What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
What is climate?
What happens when it rains too much, too fast and the water has no where to go?
A flood
What weather tool measures wind direction
Wind vane
What is freezing rain called?
Sleet
The air that surrounds the Earth and is a blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surrounds Earth is called?
The atmosphere
Earth rotates on it's _____ which is why we have different seasons
What is the rapid movement of rocks and soil down a hill or mountain?
Landslide
What weather tool measures atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
What weather ingredients do you need to make a thunderstorm?
Air, moisture, and heat
What is moving air?
Wind
Name 3 things that affect climate
Answers will vary
Name three ways to stay safe during a tornado
Answers will vary
What tool measure the amount of precipitation that falls?
Rain Gauge
What type of storms forms over the ocean?
Hurricane
Water that falls to the ground from the clouds is called? (The answer is not rain)
Precipitation
Who is the person that studies weather?
Meteorologist
Name 5 natural disasters
Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Earthquake, Blizzard
What tool measure wind speed?
What is an earthquake that happens in the ocean called?
A Tsunami