Clouds
Weather Instruments
Miscellaneous
Severe Storms
Predicting Weather
100
What clouds are associated with fair weather?
What are cirrus and cumulus?
100
What weather instrument does a meteorologist use to measure precipitation?
What is rain gauge?
100
What are clouds made of?
What is tiny droplets of water and ice?
100
Which storm has heavy rain, winds above 75 mph, high tides, and huge waves?
What is a hurricane?
100
If January has an average of 15cm of snowfall and February has an average of 18cm. Which month is it more likely that school would be cancelled?
What is February?
200
This cloud looks like a wisp of hair and flies very high.
What is cirrus?
200
Which instrument does a meteorologist use to measure temperature?
What is a thermometer?
200
Which cloud looks like a gray blanket?
What is stratus?
200
What do Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes have in common?
What is high winds?
200
The average temperatures in August are: Wk. 1 75 Wk. 2 82 Wk. 3 89 Which would be the best prediction for week 4: 110, 71, 92, 65
What is 92
300
Which cloud is associated with thunderstorms and heavy rain?
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
300
A meteorologist uses this to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
What type of precipitation occurs when ice crystals melt and freeze over and over again?
What is hail?
300
This storm is the most powerful electrical storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
Which cloud indicates that the weather will change?
What is a cirrus cloud?
400
Which cloud looks like cotton balls?
What is cumulus?
400
A meteorologist uses this to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
What type of precipitation is partially frozen water that falls to Earth?
What is sleet?
400
This storm has a calm, eye at the center.
What is a Hurricane?
400
Which of the following does NOT affect weather? phases of the moon, wind speed, types of clouds, or temperature of the air.
What is phases of the moon?
500
What makes clouds form?
What is warm air rises and meets cold air?
500
A meteorologist uses this to measure wind direction.
What is wind vane.
500
The air is dry and fair which pressure system causes this?
What is high pressure.
500
This storm is a strong, rotating column of air.
What is a tornado?
500
Which of the following are the four types of weather phenomena?
What is a blizzard, tornado, hurricane, and thunderstorm?
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