A giant snow storm
What is a blizzard
The process in water vapor cools to form clouds (Hint: It's a type of phase change from gas to liquid)
What is condensation
a stratus cloud at ground level (hint: may have difficulty driving in this)
What is fog
what the conditions are like outside at any given place and time
What is weather
Warm air rises rapidly and cool air sinks within the cloud. This type of severe weather involves a cumulonimbus cloud.
What is a thunderstorm
The minimum temperature needed for rain to fall.
What is 32 degrees fahrenheit
This type of cloud is a thunderstorm cloud
What is cumulonimbus
Heat rises and cool air sinks
Convection
Predicts the intensity of radiation. Ranges from about 1-10)
What is UV (Ultraviolet) Index
A large rotating storm forming over warm waters in the Atlantic Ocean
What is hurricane
Burning my hand on a hot stove
What is conduction
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
A violent rotating column of air that makes contact with the ground
What is tornado
Doesn’t transfer heat well
insulator
this instrument measures air pressure
What is a barometer
Occur when air is trapped in a place and is continually exposed to heat
What is a heat wave
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
A type of pressure system that brings clear, sunny weather
What is a high pressure system