What's the Difference?
Careers/Safety
Weather Events
Instruments
Miscellaneous
100
The condition of the air at a particular time in a particular place.
What is weather?
100
A climatologist studies this.
What is the climate?
100
An intense storm that begins over the ocean and has swirling winds up to 150 miles per hour.
What is a hurricane?
100
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
100
Used by meteorologists to chart and forecast the weather.
What is a weather map?
200
This describes the average weather conditions in a certain place or during a certain season over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
A scientist who studies and predicts the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
200
A weather event that always includes thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
200
When a large body of snow, ice, or rock slides down the side of a hill or mountain.
What is an avalanche?
300
Three ways to describe this could be: sunny, rainy, or cloudy.
What is the weather?
300
A scientist who chases storms to learn more about them.
What is a storm chaser?
300
A weather event where funnel clouds drop down from severe thunderstorms.
What is a tornado?
300
Measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
Pollution that is a combination of fog and smoke.
What is smog?
400
Cold & wet, cold & dry, warm & wet, warm & dry.
What are 4 ways to describe climate?
400
If you are outside during a lightning storm, you should move away from these things.
What are trees and water?
400
A weather event that forms over warm, tropical, ocean waters and has winds between 39-73 miles per hour.
What is a tropical storm?
400
Uses observation to measure wind intensity.
What is Beaufort's wind scale?
400
Measures weather conditions high up in the atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon?
500
Rainfall, flooding, and waves.
What are 3 things that make hurricanes dangerous?
500
A storm cellar or a basement.
What are the safest places to go during a tornado?
500
A large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
What is a tsunami?
500
Photographs and tracks large scale air movements and sends this information back to computers on Earth.
What is a weather satellite?
500
Two things you should avoid if you are inside during a lightning storm.
What are windows and electrical appliances?
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