Wind
Clouds
Thunderstorms
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
100
Moving air
What is wind?
100
Water vapor condenses into water droplets
What is the way clouds are formed?
100
Moving air currents
What is why thunderstorms form?
100
A storm that has a large, spinning, funnel-shaped cloud that touches the ground?
What is a tornado?
100
Warm ocean water with areas of low pressure
What is the environment needed for a hurricane to form?
200
High pressure to low pressure
What is the way wind moves?
200
Troposphere
What is the layer of the atmosphere where clouds form?
200
Vibrations of heated air
What is thunder?
200
Tube of wind that can form in a storm
What is a funnel cloud?
200
73mph or lower
What is a tropical storm?
300
The uneven heating of the atmosphere
What is the cause of differences in air pressure?
300
The formation of the cloud can predict weather changes.
What is the way meteorologist use clouds?
300
From one area of charge (positive or negative) to the opposite area (positive or negative).
What is the way lightning move across the sky?
300
Layers of wind within the storm that blow at different speeds and in different directions.
What forms a funnel cloud?
300
Based on wind speeds
What is how hurricanes are categorized?
400
the calm area by the Equator where the trade winds meet
What are the doldrums?
400
1. Cumulus 2. Cirrus 3. Stratus 4. Nimbus
What are the 4 types of clouds?
400
Cumulonimbus cloud (remember nimbus means rain)
What is the name of the thunderhead cloud?
400
Areas of low pressure
Where do tornadoes form?
400
Saffir-Simpson Scale
What is the scale used to measure hurricanes?
500
1. Jet streams 2. Prevailing winds 3. Trade winds 4. Local winds You must list one fact on each to get the points. :)
What are the 4 types of wind?
500
Name one fact on each type of cloud.
What is.... Pull out your cloud book and check your answers. :)
500
Difference in air temperature and air pressure (not a thunderstorm question) :)
What causes wind to blow?
500
the scale used to measure tornadoes
What is the....(look it up! We are not telling)
500
Wind speeds for each category
What is...(look it up. We are not telling) :)
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