Extreme Weather
Type of storm that has a dangerous funnel-shaped cone and very high winds that cause great damage?
What is a tornado?
The water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, or ice
What is the precipitation?
The never-ending pattern of water changing phases
What is the water cycle?
This weather instrument measures how much rain has fallen
What is a rain guage?
Another name for a weather prediction
What is forecast?
Dangerous storm that brings strong winds, heavy snow, and causes dangerous driving conditions
What is a blizzard?
Large amounts of rain that can cause rivers to overflow and destroy property
What is a flood?
The sun's energy dries up puddles on the sidewalk
What is evaporation?
This weather instrument shows wind direction
What is a weather vane?
The type of scientist who studies the weather
What is meterologist?
A type of storm that causes high winds and flooding
What is a hurricane?
Long periods with little to no rain that causes crops to die and habitats to be harmed
What is a drought?
Bringing water from the clouds back to the ground
What is precipitation?
Farmers need to measure how much rain has fallen to do this
What is determine if their crops need more water?
Scientists use the weather data patterns to do this
What is predict the weather?
Dangerous storms form over this ocean
Type of precipitation that looks like solid frozen ice balls
What is hail?
This happens to water right before it snows
What is changes from a liquid to a solid?
A thermometer uses either a Celsius scale or a ______ scale
What is Farenheit?
Scientists know which way a thunderstorm is moving because of this
What is the direction the wind is blowing?
Type of weather likely to happen if you observe dark clouds in the sky in the summer?
What is a thunderstorm?
Determines the kind of precipitation that falls
What is air temperature?
The energy that drives the water cycle comes from this
What is the sun?
Precipitation, cloud cover, wind, and temperature are examples of what kind of data
What is weather data?
The collection of numbers and information gathered
What is data?