Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Weather Symbols
Vocab
Severe Weather
100
This is the process in the Water Cycle that comes after condensation.
What is parcipitation?
100
This is a basic weather tool used to measure temperature in Celcius and Farenheit.
What is a thermometer?
100
This is the number that is represented by one segment on a wind direction symbol.
What is 5 mph?
100
This is the term for the average weather conditions for a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
This is the title of any severe tropical storm before it becomes a hurricane/typhoon.
What is a cyclone?
200
This is the process in the Water Cycle where a liquid turns to a gas and rises into the air.
What is evaporation?
200
This is the tool used to measure air pressure. It measures in millibars.
What is a barometer?
200
Next to a city on a weather map, you see a comepletely filled in circle. This is an indication for a certain type of weaher.
What is 100% cloudy?
200
This is the term for the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.
What is humidity?
200
This a tornado with winds between 158 and 206 mph.
What is an F3?
300
This is the process in the Water Cycle that forms rivers and streams.
What is runoff?
300
This measures windspeed.
What is an anemometer?
300
An "H" on a weather map with circles surrounding it indicates a certain type of pressure.
What is a high pressure system?
300
This is the term for the boundry line between two air masses and brings changes in weather.
What is a front?
300
These two forms of severe weather both have eyes.
What are a tornado and a hurricane?
400
You take a cold drink out othe fridge and notice that water begins forming on the outside of it.This is a specific process in the Water Cycle.
What is condensation?
400
This instrument measures relative humidity. It measures in percentages.
What isa hygrometer?
400
On a weather map, there is usually a four-digit number next to the city you are looking at. This indicates a specific type of weather.
What is air pressure?
400
This is the term for the movement of liquids or gases in a spiral around a central axis.
What is a vortex?
400
This is a disturbance in the atmosphere that involves lighning, thunder, hail, heav rain, and gusty winds.
What is a thunderstorm?
500
Imagine you have a glass of water sitting on a table that tips over and the water spills out onto the floor. If the glass is used as a "cloud," then name the process of the water cycle that is happening.
What is parcipitation?
500
This tool is usually associated with finding your way but can be used to find wind direction.
What is a compass?
500
This air pressure is the norm; not too high, not too low.
What is 1013 millibars?
500
This is the term for the circulating flow of air resulting from temperature differences.
What is a convection current?
500
This is what a rotating air mass must do before becoming a tornado.
What is turning upright?
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