Water Cycle
Air/Wind
Weather Tools
Stormy Weather
Weather and Climate
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100
When air has different temperatures, cool air sinks, and warm air rises.
What is a convection current?
100
The weather tool that measures temperature of an area.
What is a thermometer?
100
What causes precipitation at fronts?
What is rising warm air?
100
What does the H stand for on a weather map?
What is high pressure?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
When moving through the troposphere to the stratosphere, what happens to air pressure?
What is decreases?
200
The weather tool that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
What does a meteorologist use to measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Because of convection currents over North America and the rotation of Earth which direction do winds blow over the United States?
What is west to east?
300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
Where does a hurricane get its energy?
What is warm ocean water?
300
How do meteorologists make predictions about the climate of an area?
What are fossils and weather patterns?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Name the four types of air masses.
What is Maritime Polar, Continental Polar, Maritime Tropical, and Continental Tropical?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
What does it mean if there is a severe weather WARNING?
What is a storm has already formed and you should prepare?
400
What might a scientist infer if he or she found a fossil of a fish in the desert?
What is the desert probably had a wet climate at one time?
500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
Describe the location, temperature, and wetness of Maritime Polar Air.
What is over oceans near the poles, cold and wet?
500
Tool that measures rainfall.
What is a rain guage?
500
How do you prepare for a tornado
What is take shelter in a basement, closet, or other windowless room.
500
How does the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift currents affect weather in Europe?
What is they cause temperatures to be warmer than they would be otherwise?
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