Weather 101
Weather Facts
Double points
Clouds
Severe weather
100
A person that studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
True or Flase? Light is white.
False, light is Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.
100
True or False? Thunder can happen without lightening?
False.
100
A storm cloud is called a _________.
Nimbus Cloud
100
Name 2 types of severe weather.
thunderstorms
tornadoes
tropical storms
hurricanes
winter storms
200
The water cycle depends on _______ to give it energy
What is the sun?
200
How many sides does a snowflake have?
6 sides
200
Where is the safest place to be during a thunderstorm?
Inside.
200
How do clouds form?
The sun makes water vapor rise and turn into tiny droplets of water that form together to make a cloud.
200
True or false? Lightning is hotter than the sun?
True
300
A plane flies in this part of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
300
What is humidity?
Amount of water vapor in the air.
300
True or False? Lightening will strike the tallest object.
True.
300
Name this cloud
Stratus
300
True or false? Tornadoes only form if the funnel touches the ground?
True
400
True or false? If Earth's were the size of an apple, its atmosphere would be as thin as the skin
True.
400
This is used to measure the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
400
Sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, stormy, breezy, snowy
What are some types of weather?
400
Name this cloud
Cirus
400
True or false? Tornados are categorized on a scale of 1-10.
False
Scale of 1-5
500
How does a raindrop fall?
small water droplets inside clouds come together to form larger, heavier drops of water, which fall as rain.
500
This happens when the sun heats one layer of the Earth's atmosphere differently than another.
What is wind?
500
What is tornado watch?
Lets the people know a tornado can occur.
500
Name this cloud
cumulus
500
Severe snowstorm with high winds.
What is a blizzard?