Weather
Environment
The Water Cycle
Be Prepared
Weather Equipment
100
What type of weather should be forecast if the barometric pressure is rising?
What is clear and sunny.
100
What is the desert.
What environment is very hot, very little humidity and very little rain?
100
What is precipitation.
What is water droplets in all forms that fall from the atmosphere?
100
What is food and water.
What are the two most important supplies to gather when there is a storm warning?
100
What is a rain gauge.
What measures rainfall in centimeters or inches, predicts droughts or floods?
200
What is sleet.
What is precipitation that passes through warm air and then fell through a layer of freezing air?
200
What is a coastal area.
What environment has very hot temperatures, is very humid and has lots of rain - mountains, coastal, or tundra?
200
What is condensation.
What is the cooling of water vapor in the lower atmosphere to change gas to a liquid?
200
What are candles and flashlights.
What are two supplies that are necessary when facing a winter storm warning with a lot of ice or snow falling on electric lines?
200
What is a barometer.
What measures air pressure; increasing is fair weather and decreasing can mean rainy weather?
300
What is a warm front.
What type of front brings clouds and rain?
300
What is near the equator.
Latitude is the distance north or south - it is warmest near what latitude?
300
What is evaporation.
What is a process where a liquid changes from a liquid to a gas caused by heat?
300
What is listen to the news.
How would you stay informed about a coming hurricane?
300
What is a thermometer.
What measures temperature in degrees and predicts unsafe weather?
400
What is high pressure system.
What air pressure system has cooler air and clear skies?
400
What is the mountains.
Elevation affects climate - which is cooler mountains or beaches?
400
What is salt water from oceans.
What is the source of most of the water in the water cycle?
400
What is a meteorologist.
What is a scientist called who studies the weather?
400
What is an anemometer.
What measures wind speed in kilometers or miles; helps to estimate how much damage a storm will do?
500
What is climate.
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
500
What is nearest to water.
Orlando and Dayton Beach are both in Florida but Daytona Beach may have warmer weather in the winter - why?
500
What is run-off.
What is precipitation that is not absorbed by the ground and travels to lakes, rivers, and oceans?
500
What is a category 5.
What is the strongest hurricane category called?
500
What is a hygrometer.
What measures the humidity in the air to predict precipitation?
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