This feathery, wispy cloud forms high in the sky, and you usually see it when weather is good.
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
This is the tool we use to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
To be called a hurricane, a storm has to have winds that are at least this fast.
What is 74 mph?
100
This is the word for the leading edge of a mass of cold air.
What is a cold front?
100
This sound is made when heat from lightning suddenly makes the air expand.
What is thunder?
200
Clouds form because of this process, which happens when water vapor cools into liquid.
What is condensation?
200
This is a tool we use to measure the amount of rain we've had.
What is a rain gauge?
200
Hurricanes form above warm, tropical water. That means they start near this imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth.
What is the equator?
200
This weather word means water that falls as either snow, rain, sleet, or hail from the sky to the Earth.
What is precipitation?
200
This force of nature can get as hot as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is lightning?
300
This giant tower of a cloud can be very dark on the bottom. When you see it a thunderstorm or hailstorm is on the way.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
300
This is a tool we use to determine the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
300
Most hurricanes begin in one of these two seasons.
What is (late) summer and (early) fall?
300
This is the word for the blanket of air surrounding the Earth.
What is atmosphere?
300
A thunderstorm is most likely to form when:
A) a warm front moves into a warm front
B) a cold front moves into a cold front
C) a warm front moves into a cold front
D) a cold front moves into a warm front
What is (D), a cold front moves into a warm front?
400
This fluffy cloud often forms on a sunny day. Some people say it looks like cotton balls in the sky.
What is a cumulus cloud?
400
This is a tool we use to measure the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
400
Hurricanes can reach this many miles up into the atmosphere.
What is 9 - 10 miles high?
400
This is the part of the atmosphere where weather happens.
What is troposphere?
400
In 20 minutes, one thunderstorm can send down this much water:
A) 125 gallons
B) 12,500 gallons
C) 125,000 gallons
D) 125,000,000 gallons
What is (D) 125 million gallons?
500
To make a cloud in the science room, do you need to put…
A) cold water in a hot place
B) hot water in a cold place
C) something cold in hot water
D) something hot in cold water
What is (B), hot water in a cold place?
500
This is a tool we use to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
This is what we call the very calm center of the hurricane, where weather is actually pretty nice.
What is the eye?
500
This is the word for the layer of gas in the stratosphere that protects us from ultraviolet rays.
What is the ozone layer?
500
Lightning is electricity, which is actually the movement of these tiny charged particles.