Water and the Cycle
Clouds
Air Masses
Storms
Storms 2
100
this is the instrument that measure relative humidity.
What is a psychrometer
100
The big puffy cotton ball looking clouds.
What is cumulus clouds?
100
Name the two kinds of air masses labeled by temperature.
What is polar and tropical?
100
What are two dangers that come with thunderstorms?
What is lightening, flooding, power outages, fires, etc.?
100
Where do Hurricanes form?
What is over warm bodies of water?
200
Name the four stages of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and run-off?
200
The high wispy clouds.
What is cirrus clouds?
200
Name the two kinds of air masses labeled by moisture.
What is maritime and continental?
200
Which direction do cyclones spin in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is counter-clockwise?
200
What do hurricanes begin as (when the winds are slower)?
What is Tropical storms?
300
How do I use a psychrometer?
What is sling it around and read the difference between the wet and dry bulbs?
300
The low lying, covers the sky clouds.
What is Stratus clouds?
300
What is it called when two air masses meet?
What is a front?
300
When do anti-cyclones occur and which way to they spin?
What is on bright, sunny days, and they spin clockwise?
300
What else besides the tornado does damage?
What is the debris flying around?
400
What is "dew point"?
What is the temperature where water vapor condenses into water droplets?
400
What kinds of could produce thunderstorms or tornadoes?
What is cumulonimbus clouds?
400
What are the four kinds of fronts?
What is warm, cold, stationary, and occluded?
400
Where is Tornado Alley located?
What is the Great Plains - Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska?
400
Name two kinds of damage that come with winter storms?
What is ice damage, power outages, slippery roads, etc.
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