Natural Hazards
What type of clouds do thunderstorms form in?
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
What is a wind vane used for?
What is to measure wind direction?
What is the main cause of water evaporating from the ocean?
What is the Sun?
What is air (atmospheric) pressure?
What is the weight of air pushing down over a location on Earth?
What type of weather could be expected from a warm front?
What is warm weather and light rain?
What kind of natural disaster is caused by seismic waves?
What are Earthquakes?
What does a barometer measure?
What is air pressure?
Water changes from a liquid to a gas in what part of the water cycle?
What is Evaporation?
What are the two types of pressure systems and what kind of weather are they associated with?
What is low pressure (severe weather) and high pressure (clear skies)?
What is the force that pulls forms of precipitation down to Earth's surface/ground?
What is gravity?
What is a hurricane?
What is a low pressure tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water and spins in a circular pattern around the eye of the storm?
What can a radar photo help people to know about hurricanes?
What is the location or intensity of the storm, cloud movement, and potential for severe weather?
Drops of water forming on the outside of a cold glass is an example of what part of the water cycle?
What is Condensation?
What is the name for an air mass that is characterized as cold and humid?
What is maritime polar?
What causes tsunamis to form?
What is underwater earthquakes?
What two geologic hazards occur due to movement of one tectonic plate under another?
What are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
What does a sling psychrometer measure and what other weather tool has the same function?
What is humidity?
What is transpiration?
What is the difference between a warm front and a stationary front?
What is the amount of time that it is raining?
What forms when a cold air mass pushes into a warm air mass that is behind a cool air mass?
What is an Occluded Front?
What are the five main causes of wildfires?
What is people, dry weather, droughts, strong winds, and lightning?
What are isotherms used for?
What is show lines of equal temperature points on a map?
What are the two types of water flow? Describe both.
What is surface water flow (remains on surface because precipitation is falling too fast to sink into ground) and groundwater flow (water sinks into ground where it is held)?
What is the name of the huge waves that hurricanes bring in?
What are Storm Surges?
Describe the damage that is caused by a Category 3 hurricane.
What is major damage to buildings, trees uprooted, and lengthy power outages?