Weather Tools
Water Cycle
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
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100
This instrument measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Name 3 parts of the water cycle.
What is evaportation, condensation, and precipitation?
100
The center of a hurricane is known as the ________.
What is the eye?
100
True or False: A tornado has weaker winds than a hurricane.
What is false?
100
These are the 4 types of preciptaion.
What are rain, sleet, snow, and hail?
200
If you were trying to measure the speed of the wind, you would need this weather tool.
What is an anemometer?
200
Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is gone. This is because of _________.
What is evaporation?
200
This slows a hurricane down?
What is landfall or cold weather?
200
True or False: Tornadoes are smaller in size than hurricanes.
What is True?
200
A large storm is heading in your direction from the ocean. It has been in the news for a week. The meteorologists call it a __________?
What is a hurricane?
300
If I wanted to know the direction the wind is blowing, I would use this weather tool.
What is a weather vane?
300
Water vapor cools and forms droplets of water or ice crystals in this stage of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
300
This is the calmest part of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
300
True or False: Tornadoes last longer than hurricanes.
What is false?
300
A person who studies and predicts the weather is known as this.
What is a meteorologist?
400
This instrument measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
400
Liquid water evaporates into the air and becomes a gas known as _________.
What is water vapor?
400
Hurricane Season runs from _______ to ________.
What is June to November?
400
The part of the United States where most tornadoes ocurr is know as _____.
What is Tornado Alley?
400
A cloud that is puffy and white is called this.
What is a cumulus cloud?
500
This weather tool helps you know what to wear each day.
What is a thermometer?
500
This makes the water cycle possible.
What is heat from the sun?
500
To be classified as a hurricane, the winds must be blowing at this speed or higher.
What is 74 miles per hour?
500
What 3D shape could be created with a square and 4 triangles?
What is a square pyramid?
500
A cloud that is high in the sky and is thin and wispy is called ____.
What is a cirrus cloud?
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