What is a cloud AND what process helps in the formation of clouds.
It is a thick mass of suspended water drops or ice crystals. Formed from condensation.
100
How many categories are used to classify hurricanes?
5
100
What is the difference between evaporation and transpiration?
Evaporation is when water comes off a lake, river, or other body of water and changes into a gaseous form.
Transpiration is evaporation of water from a plant.
100
What instrument do we use to measure temperature?
thermometer
200
What do we call a prediction to let know what kind of weather to expect the next day or the next week.
forecast
200
List any two of the five characteristics used to identify clouds.
The altitude at which they occur, Color?, Density, Shape?, and Degree of cover
200
Fill in the blanks: A hurricane is an area of (1)____ pressure into which air rushes, creating powerful winds that spiral around a central (2)____. The winds blow at least (3)____ mph.
1. low
2. eye
3. 75
200
What is condensation?
Water vapor is turned into liquid water. (Gaseous form back to liquid form)
200
What instrument do we use to measure air pressure?
barometer
300
what do we call a person who studies the causes and effects of Earth's weather?
meteorologist
300
What do cumulus clouds look like?
fluffy clouds; prominent during summer months
300
List two of the three factors that are used to categorize hurricanes.
wind speed, storm surge, and damage
300
List at least two forms of precipitation.
Snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain
300
At what temperature does water boil? (Must give answer in both degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit)
212 F
100 C
400
What term describes the amount of water vapor in the air?
humidity
400
What is fog?
clouds at ground level
400
What is the purpose of a levee?
To prevent flooding and contain water flow
400
What term explains how some precipitation seeps into the ground and becomes part of the groundwater?
Infiltration
400
What instrument do we use to measure humidity?
Hygrometer
500
Temperature tells us how hot or cold the air is. What two units do we use to measure temperature?
Fahrenheit and Celsius
500
What are the three basic cloud types?
stratus, cirrus, and cumulus
500
How are hurricanes named? AND Give an example of a recent hurricane name that has been retired?