Weather or Climate
Severe Weather
Climates and Storm Safety
Weather Tools
Water Cycle
Precipitation
200
I am something that can change day to day outside.
Weather
200
This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
200
Stack these kind of bags to protect your home from a flood.
Sandbags
200
I measure the direction of wind.
Weather vane
200
This fills particles between soil and broken rock beneath the Earths surface.
What is ground water?
200
Can be considered a type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see
Fog
400
Check this to help decide what you are going to where today.
Sun 107°F 99°C Mon 120°F 104°C Tue 89°F 09°C
Weather forecast
400
This has rain, thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
400
This climate is always cold and there is a type of bear named after it.
What is Polar?
400
You feel this when it is hot and there is moisture in the air
Humidity
400
The movement of water through the soil itself
What is Percolation/
400
Torrential rain is rain that is considered especially heavy and usually occurs during what types of weather
Storms
600
What the weather is like in a specific area over a long period of time.
Climate
600
This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain usually starting in the ocean and moving towards coastline cities.
Hurricane
600
This type of climate is close to the equator. It starts with the letter "T"
Tropical
600
If you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air or water, use me.
Thermometer
600
Where water in which water to drive the water cycle is stored.
What is ocean water?
600
Name 3 words to describe types of rain
very light, light, average, heavy
Mist(y), drizzle, sprinkle, showers, downpour
800
Most of Somalia and much of other African countries are this type of climate.
Dessert or arid
800
A shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth or from an earthquake below the ocean
Tidal wave or Tsunami
800
Small iced balls raining down creating damage
Hail
800
I am a scientist that predicts the forecast.
Meteorologist
800
These tall structures are where rivers headwaters start.
What are mountains?
800
The drizzle equivalent of snow -- very light snow that isn't strong enough to accumulate.
Flurries
1000
In Canada, the weather is coldest in this season.
Winter
1000
This is the same as a hurricane but appears in the South Pacific
Cyclone
1000
Not much rain occurs in this climate.
What is dessert or Arid?
1000
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
Rain gauge
1000
The process by which plants absorb water and release it to the atmosphere from their leaves in the form of water vapor.
What is Transpiration?
1000
Snow that begins to melt as it reaches the ground, but doesn't melt completely
Sleet