Clouds
Which type of cloud indicates light rain?
Stratus
This is the amount of water vapor in the air:
What is Humidity
Which type of extreme weather is a destructive column of wind?
Tornado
What was a solution to preventing fires from lightning?
Lightning rod
The person who invented the barometer
Evangelista Toricelli
Which type of cloud would you see on a fair day?
Cumulus
What water temperature is required for the development of a hurricane?
What is 80 degrees
Which type of extreme weather can have lightning, flash floods, and high winds?
Thunderstorms
Sandbags are a solution for which type of hazard?
Flooding
The Founding Father who invented the lightning rod
Benjamin Franklin
Which type of cloud is feathery and wispy?
Cirrus
Which type of extreme weather leads to icy road conditions?
Blizzards/ Ice Storms
What solution stops snow from drifting into the road?
Snow fence
The scientist who studied clouds
Joanne Simpson
Which type of cloud is made of ice crystals?
Cirrus
Which layer is fourth and where the Northern Lights are?
Thermosphere
Which type of extreme weather is the result of no rain for months at a time?
Drought
Areas that experience which kind of extreme weather will build their houses on stilts?
Hurricanes
The scientist who invented windshield wipers
Mary Anderson
Which two types of extreme weather create a greater risk of wildfires?
Droughts and thunderstorms (the lightning)
Which layer is fifth and has satellites orbiting the earth?
Exosphere
Which type of extreme weather only happens along the coasts?
Hurricanes
What do you call the walls built to prevent floods?
Levees or Seawalls
Which scientist flew a kite with a key to it outside during a thunderstorm?
Benjamin Franklin!