Weather Terms
The four main things that influence weather are ...
What is air temperature, wind, clouds, and humidity?
Most hurricanes occur near
What is the ocean/coasts?
For a tornado to occur, these three things must be present
What is hot air, cold air, and humidity
Name a place where a flood can occur
What is anywhere?
However, floods are most common in places near the ocean or in dense cities
Humid areas near water are more likely to have this natural disaster
What is hurricanes
Hot air has a (higher or lower) pressure than cold air
What is lower pressure?
The three conditions for a hurricane to start are
What is warm ocean water, high humidity, and minimal wind movement?
Most tornadoes occur in this country
What is USA?
Name a cause for floods to start
What is constant heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt, hurricanes, or man-made causes
If I am terrified of hurricanes, I should never move to here
What is near the coast of an ocean
The term we use to describe the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
What is humidity?
This is the speed (in miles per hour) that is needed for hurricanes to be powerful enough to move from the ocean to the land
What is 74 mph?
Tornadoes are more damaging in (flat areas / mountain areas)
What is flat areas
I am in a two story building and I see there is a flood outside. Where should I go to stay safe?
What is the second floor of the building?
What is a tornado?
If there is a lot of wind, there is a (bigger/smaller) difference in high and low air pressure
What is bigger?
Name an impact that hurricanes cause to humans
What is building destruction, power outages, flooding in streets, displacements, etc.
Name an effect that tornadoes have
What is building destruction, debris, pollution, tree destruction, crop damage, etc.
What is food loss, displacement, bad water quality, death
I have lived in a cold dry city all my life. I have never seen these two natural disasters
What is tornadoes and hurricanes
Weather is (constant and follows patterns / changes and does not always follow patterns)
What is changes and does not always follow patterns?
What are cyclones / typhoons
If I am in my house and I get an tornado warning alert, where should I go in my house?
What is the basement or lowest floor or a room with no windows?
The opposite of a flood is a
Drought
This extreme weather contains flooding and thunderstorms
What is a hurricane?