Weather Vocabulary
Hurricanes/Tornadoes
Clouds
Precipitation
Weather Misc.
100
Nature's way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle.
100
As soon as the winds start blowing at 74-75 mph, it becomes a_______.
What is hurricane?
100
List three types of clouds.
What is cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?
100
Can form during thunderstorms and can be small as a dime or as big as a grapefruit
What is hail?
100
The center of a hurricane has a calm area called
What is eye?
200
Scientists who study the weather
What is meteorologist?
200
Tornadoes can get up to ____ mph.
What is 300?
200
Grey clouds that cover the lower part of the sky, rain or snow fall from them.
What is stratus clouds?
200
The most common type of precipitation an can form as ice crystals or water droplets. Can be known as drizzle or showers
What is Rain?
200
what instrument is used to measure air pressure
What is barometer?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
First hurricane named after a person was 1969s
What is hurricane Camille?
300
What type of clouds are puffy and know for fair weather
What is cumulus clouds?
300
process where the sun warms Earth's water in water vapor
What is evaporation?
300
Air mass that forms near the equator
What is tropical martime?
400
Instrument use to measure rain or liquid precipitation
What is rain gauge?
400
Hurricanes for over water and they orignate in ________.
What is Africa?
400
What type of clouds are wispy feathery and high altitude clouds
What is cirrus clouds?
400
Cloud that touches the ground
What is fog?
400
a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
What is blizzard?
500
Winds the change directions with the seasons are called
What is monsoons?
500
Most tornadoes form during a _________.
What is thunderstorm?
500
What are clouds made of
What is water droplets, dust, and smoke particles?
500
water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
What is condensation?
500
DAILY DOUBLE 1000pts Three states in tornado alley
What is Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma
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