Weather Instruments & Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather Forecasting
Severe Weather
100
This instrument is used to determine wind direction
What is a wind vane?
100
When water is heated and changes to water vapor as it rises in the atmosphere
What is evaporation?
100
Clouds form during what stage of the water cycle
What is condensation?
100
This scientist predicts weather by studying weather patterns and maps. They give us weather information through forecasts.
What is a meteorologist?
100
A small funnel shaped cloud that touches the ground and cause a lot of damage
What is a tornado?
200
This instrument is used to measure the amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
200
When clouds become too heavy they may release this in the form on rain, snow, sleet or hail
What is precipitation?
200
This type of cloud is puffy, has flat bottoms, and can be seen on fair weather days
What is cumulus?
200
The boundary line where two air masses meet
What is a front?
200
This storm produces lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail. Its strong winds can blow over trees and lightning can cause fires.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
This instrument is used to measure air temperature
What is a thermometer?
300
This powers the water cycle.
What is the sun?
300
This type of cloud blankets the sky. They are often layered like sheets and cover the sky in grey. They bring steady rain or snow showers.
What is stratus?
300
When warm air passes over an area increasing air temperatures & When cold air passes over an area decreasing temperatures
What is a warm front and cold front?
300
I am a large storm that forms over warm ocean water with winds spinning a very high speeds.
What is a hurricane?
400
This instrument is used to measure the speed of the wind in MPH
What is an anemometer?
400
When water vapor cools and turns back to a liquid in the clouds
What is condensation?
400
These clouds form highest in the atmosphere. They are made of ice crystals and look thin and wispy like feathers. You see these on fair weather days.
What is cirrus?
400
These allow us to detect cloud cover, rainfall, or storm location, intensity, and movement
What are radar images?
400
Give 5 safety precautions you should take during a tornado
What is stay away from windows, go to a basement or the lowest level of your house in a center room, get out of your car and seek shelter, lie flat in a ditch, stay away from down power lines, have a disaster kit prepared with things you may need
500
The layer of the atmosphere where most weather takes place
What is the troposphere?
500
After precipitation falls to the earth it some goes into the ground as ground water, some goes back to rivers, streams, and the ocean. This is known as...
What is run-off?
500
This type of cloud grows tall, puffy, and dark. You usually see them when thunderstorms are near. They may also have thunder and lightning with them.
What is cumulonimbus?
500
This allows us to see cloud patterns and movements.
What is satellite images?
500
Give 5 safety precautions to take during a hurricane
What is board up windows, evacuate and move further inland, go to the highest level of your house if there is flooding, have emergency supplies, stay away from down power lines
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