Weather Insturemnts
Wind
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Solstices and Equinoxes
100
What instrument measures air pressure?
What is a Barometer
100
What are the winds at the poles called
What is Polar Easterlies
100
Begins over warm water as a low pressure area
What is Tropical Disturbance
100
What is the tunnel of spinning air called.
What is a tornadoe.
100
When the suns path reaches the highest and lowest point in the year.
What is a solstice.
200
What instrument measures the amount of rainfall?
What is a Rain Gauge
200
what global winds go west to east?
What is prevailing westerlies.
200
what temperature does water have to be for a storm to start?
What is 80f
200
A thunderstorm makes this.
How do tornadoes form.
200
another name for the spring equinox
What is vernal equinox.
300
what measures wind speed?
What is a anemometer?
300
What is the area where the wind is all calm
What is Horse Lattitude.
300
what storm is it when winds reaches over 74 mph
What is a Hurricane
300
Winds over 300 miles per hour.
What is highest mph.
300
When it is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere what day is it in the southern.
What is winter solstice.
400
What instrument measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane
400
T or F : Local winds are blown over short distances.
What is true
400
Sea levels rises pushing large domes of water on land
What is a storm surge.
400
Where do tornadoes most occur.
What is tornadoes alley.
400
How much daylight and nightime is the Vernal and Spring equinox.
What is 12 hours day and night.
500
What do we use to measure amount of water in air/humidity?
What is a hygrometer
500
located on the equator with very very very little winds.
What is doldrums.
500
A tropical storm with speeds below 39 mph.
What is a tropical depression.
500
The scale used on tornadoes?
What is the F-Scale.
500
What day does the Autumnal equinox happen.
What is September 21
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