Energy Transfer
Water Cycle
Storms
Weather Tools
Clouds
100
Walking around the zoo in July, your cheeks turn red and you sweat.
What is radiation?
100
Water changes state from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
100
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm?
100
The best way to monitor air pressure is to use this tool
What is a barometer?
100
So fluffy, I can watch them all day and see different shapes as they move across the sky.
What are cumulus clouds?
200
While making a pot of soup you accidentally touch the burner. Ouch!
What is conduction?
200
You notice water running into a lake that is getting fuller and fuller.
What is accumulation?
200
The funnel cloud was whirling rapidly before it touched down and became this.
What is a tornado?
200
How can you tell how fast the wind is blowing?
What is to use an anemometer?
200
I saw a lot of this on my drive today, making it difficult to see where the road was going. Must be the combination of warm roads and cool air.
What is fog?
300
On a hot summer day you open the freezer to get some ice cream. A cold mist comes out and falls to the floor.
What is convection?
300
As the temperature drops, molecules of water vapor collect around dust particles.
What is condensation?
300
A hurricane needs these three things to form.
What are warm water, warm air and wind?
300
Whew, it's humid outside or least I think it is. I better check the ______________ to find out.
What is a hygrometer?
300
Is that cloud getting taller? Oh no, we may be in for a thunderstorm.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
400
On a cold winter night your family builds a fire to keep the living room warm.
What is radiation?
400
Did you notice that rain yesterday? I think I saw some hail stones too.
What is precipitation?
400
The sound that rapidly heated air makes as it expands.
What is thunder?
400
I'm sure glad we have this tracking tool to check the speed and direction of storms.
What is doppler radar?
400
Eric checked the cloud cover online this morning. The weather symbol was O. He is expecting to see_____
What are no clouds today?
500
Two air masses come together and warm air from one mass moves over the cold air of a second mass.
What is convection?
500
Most of the world's fresh water is found here.
What are polar icecaps?
500
High winds, brutally cold temperatures and large amounts of frozen precipitation.
What is a blizzard?
500
The air temperature is dropping outside; I better get this tool ready to measure what falls next.
What is a rain gauge?
500
Should we be thinking about a snow day sometime soon? Those cold wispy clouds are floating across the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
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