Extreme Weather
Clouds
Weather Tools
Weather Components
Water Cycle
200
Storms with high winds and heavy rain start as tropical storms that form over warm ocean waters.
What is Typhoon?
200
Flat clouds that look like a blanket and often cause cloudy weather.
What are stratus clouds?
200
I measure the direction of wind.
What is a weather vane?
200
It is a movement of air and caused by differences of pressure in the earth's atmosphere.
What is wind?
200
The sun heats water from oceans, lakes, rivers, and plants, turning it into water vapor (gas).
What is Evaporation?
400
A violent rotating column of air that can destroy buildings.
What is a Tornado?
400
Thin wispy clouds that often bring sunny weather.
What are cirrus clouds?
400
Used to measure the air pressure around us.
What is a barometer?
400
the force exerted by the weight of air molecules pressing down on the Earth
What is Air or Atmospheric Pressure?
400
Ice crystals that fall in light white flakes to the ground when the outdoor temperature falls below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is snow?
600
An act of nature occurs when an area doesn’t receive enough rainfall, drying up rivers and lakes, killing trees and ruining crops.
What is Drought?
600
Large dark clouds that often bring stormy weather.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
600
If you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air or water, use me.
What is a thermometer?
600
It is a measure of how hot or cold the air is.
What is temperature?
600
Water vapor cools and changes back into tiny liquid droplets, forming clouds.
What is Condensation?
800
a severe snowstorm with strong winds and has low visibility
What is Blizzard?
800
Fluffy white clouds that look like pillows and bring sunny weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
800
Used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
800
refers to how fast the wind blows
What is Wind Speed?
800
When clouds become heavy, water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is Precipitation?
1000
An act of nature that occurs when too much rain forces streams, rivers, and lakes to overflow.
What is Flood?
1000
Can be considered a type of low-lying cloud (that you can touch and walk through) making it difficult to see.
What is fog?
1000
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
1000
The amount of water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
What is Rainfall?
1000
Water flows into rivers, lakes, and oceans (runoff) or soaks into the ground (infiltration) to refill underground water sources.
What is Collection?