Weather
What is weather?
the atmosphere’s temporary state at a certain place and time
What is climate?
the atmosphere’s state based on average temperature and precipitation over many years
A storm with heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures is called?
What is a blizzard.
What is a cone shape storm of swirling air forming strong winds called?
What is a tornado.
What other natural disaster can a hurricane cause?
Flood
What is a scientist called that studies the weather?
What is a meteorologist.
What weather tool measures the amount of precipitation (rain)?
What is the rain guage.
A cyclone storm of heavy rain and strong winds that is categorized from 1 (small) to 5 (super strong) is called?
What is a hurricane
A long period of time with little rainfall, making the ground dry and cracked?
Drought
No water from lack of rain is what natural disaster?
What is a drought.
What weather tool measures the wind speed?
What is the anemometer.
Moisture from the clouds is called what?
What is precipitation.
An overflow of a body of water due to heavy rains is called?
What is a flood.
A hurricane on the Pacific Ocean is called?
What is a typoon or cyclone.
What are the four seasons?
What is weather.
Which type of cloud is low in the sky, grey, flat, and is filled with water so much that it often brings rain?
Stratus clouds
How are weather and climate different?
Weather is day to day, and climate is over the years.
Shaking of the ground caused by the tectonic plates colliding is called?
What is an earthquake.
What scale is used to score a earthquake?
What is a Richter Scale.
What is an imaginary line around the earth between both poles?
What is the equator.
What weather tool indicates the wind direction?
What is a weather vane.
What weather tool measures the temperature?
What is a themometer.
What is an opening on top of a mountain that erupts lava?
What is a volcano.
What other natural disaster can an earthquake cause?
What is a tsunami.
The spinning funnel shape in a tornado, but can also be found in whirlpools, bathtub drains, and theme park rides.
Vortex