Wind
Water cycle
Clouds
Forecasting
Seasons/Climate
100
A wind which is hot and dry and blows really strongly in Canterbury
What is Nor-wester
100
The long scientific name for water that falls out of the sky.
What is precipitation
100
Very high altitude clouds that are thin and whispy
What is a cirrus cloud.
100
A device that often sits on the top of a house and shows the wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
100
The reason for getting a warmer season from October through to March. (you need to get and angle on this one).
What is the tilt of the earth (23.5deg)
200
A scale that measures wind force from 0 to 12.
What is Beaufort Scale?
200
A long scientific name for water vapour as it changes into clouds.
What is condensation?
200
This word added to a main cloud type indicates rain.
What is Nimbus?
200
A device made to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer
200
Short term changes in wind, temperature and moisture.
What is weather?
300
A device that measures the speed the wind is going.
What is an anemometer?
300
When water warms up and fast moving water molecules move into the air.
What is evaporation?
300
A puffy fluffy type of cloud usually associated with fine weather but can also indicate a thunderstorm is on its way.
What is cumulus?
300
A way of describing the amount of moisture held in the air.
What is humidity?
300
The main driving force behind our weather.
What is the sun?
400
The name given to the state, or force of wind, when it is at force 12 or over 118 k.p.h.
What is Cyclone or Hurricane?
400
Systems that carry water from higher points on land to the sea or a lake.
What is a river?
400
A cloud of low to medium altitude that is long and straight looking.
What is stratus cloud?
400
Fast moving cold air that pushes in under warm air causing it to rise and form clouds.
What is a cold front?
400
The range of weather conditions that happen in a region.
What is climate?
500
Lines of equal pressure on weather maps separating highs and lows.
What is and Isobar?
500
On warm days plants loose water into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
500
Very fine water particles that float around at near ground level.
What is fog?
500
An area of pressure in the Southern Hemisphere where the winds are moving in an anticlockwise direction.
What is a High pressure area?
500
A process that many scientists think is happening to the long term world climate. (two words)
What is global warming?
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