The Water Cycle
Severe Weather
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
Surprise!
100
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all examples of?
Precipitation
100
What did the activity with the 2 water bottles connected together represent?
Tornado
100
What does a thermometer measure? A. Wind Speed B. Air Pressure C. Temperature D. Relative Humidity
C. Temperature
100
How do weather forecasters determine what weather will be? A. Computers and Scientific instruments B. Reading a newspaper C. Stories, sayings and legends that have been passed down for generations D. They make an educated guess
A. Computers and Scientific instruments
100
What is the study of weather called?
Meteorology
200
Which of these is not a stage in the water cycle? A. Perspiration B. Evaporation C. Precipitation D. Condensation
A. Perspiration
200
True or False: Hurricanes are a type of severe weather that we learned about in class?
True
200
What does a psychrometer measure? A. Temperature B. Air Pressure C. Wind Speed D. Relative Humidity
D. Relative Humidity
200
If you saw a big red L on a weather map, what is it symbolizing? A. Lighting B. Low Pressure system C. Lava eruption D. Low front
B. Low Pressure System
200
What is the name of a person who studies weather?
Meteorologist
300
What is the main source of energy that causes change to the water on Earth? A. Electricity B. The Moon C. Lightning D. The Sun
D. The Sun
300
Which of the following is not a type of precipitation? A. Snow B. Rain C. Tornado D. Hail
Tornado
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! Johnny is watching the weather report. She hears the weatherman say that the air pressure is 31.6 millibars and falling. What instrument was used to measure the air pressure?
Barometer
300
What is high pressure an indicator of? A. A hot air mass B. Unpleasant weather C. Fair, sunny weather D. Storm coming
C. Fair sunny weather
300
Place the layers of the atmosphere in order from furthest from Earth to the closest Layers are: Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere BONUS: What was the trick we learned?
Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere Bonus: Teenage Mutant Science Turtles
400
DAILY DOUBLE! Draw a label the water cycle
**Teacher checks answers
400
Tornadoes are common after or during a ?
Thunderstorm
400
What does a rain gauge do?
Measures the amount of rain from a storm
400
What is not an effect of a low pressure system? A. sunny skies B. high winds C. precipitation D. severe stormy weather
A. Sunny Skies
400
The first week when we explored weather instruments, we used questions that your teacher has created. The second week you created questions, and then tested them. Why did we do this, and what did you learn from testing your own questions?
***Teacher Discretion
500
Describe what happens in each step of the water cycle
Evaporation: Water rising up from ground, changing from liquid to gas Condensation: Water condensing, changing from a gas to liquid Precipitation: Water falling from sky
500
Think back to the tornado video we watched. What was happening in the video and why?
**Teacher discretion on answer
500
What usually happens to the barometric pressure of an area before a storm? A. It increases B. There is no change C. It decreases D. It goes back and forth between increasing and decreasing
C. It decreases
500
Draw the symbol that represents a cold front on a weather map
***Teacher Discretion
500
We spent a lot of time learning about the water cycle. Why did we learn about the water cycle first, and why did we talk about it so much?
***Teacher discretion, but because every topic related back to the water cycle.
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