How the temperature/precipitation is on a particular day.
100
What is a meteorologist?
An expert on weather
100
________ is the most dangerous type of severe weather
Flooding
100
Display chart with monthly rain average.
Which month has the most rainfall?
March
100
What is a simple machine?
one of the fundamental devices that all machines were formerly thought to be made from. The lever, axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw are the classic simple machines.
200
What is "water that falls from the sky?"
Precipitation
200
What type of hazardous weather do we have in Louisiana?
Hurricanes, flooding, thunderstorms
200
_______ climates are very cold and dry throughout the year
Polar
200
Display chart with monthly rain average.
Which month is the most dry?
October
200
When something changes position, it is in:
motion
friction
gravity
acceleration
force
Motion
300
What is hazardous weather?
Weather that is dangerous
300
What type of hazardous weather might cause a family to have to leave its home and move away from the ocean?
A) Hurricane
B) Thunderstorm
C) Sunny day
D) Winter storm
Hurricane
300
Display graph comparing rainfall in 2 different cities. How is the amount of rain in city 1 during spring compare to the amount of rain in city 2 during spring.
It rains much more in city 1.
300
A roller coaster sitting at the top of a hill is demonstrating ______ energy
a ) Potential
b) kinetic
Potential energy
400
What is climate?
How weather is over a long period of time.
400
Difference between weather and climate?
Weather is how weather is on a particular day, climate is how weather is over an extended period of time.
400
Louisiana is in a ______ climate zone
Tropical
400
Display seasonal averages chart.
Is there more rainfall during the colder months or the warmer months?
There is more rainfall during the warmer months.
400
Give me an example of a simple machine
Axe, pulley, lever
500
A device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls.
A rain guage
500
What type of severe weather is most common in the desert?
Drought.
500
A ______ is a tool used for measuring wind direction.
Wind vane.
500
Display the graph on different states.
Describe how the climate is different for these two locations.
Mary's state is much colder than Frank's state. Also, Mary's state seems to have more precipitation.