Water Cycle
What do we call water that goes down a mountain into a river, lake, stream, or ocean? This water can also evaporate back into the air.
Which weather tool measures wind direction?
Which clouds look like cotton balls or cotton candy?
Name 3 weather sources you might use to find out the high and low temperatures for the day.
Name 3 types of severe weather.
Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Thunderstorms
Which tool would you use to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen from the sky?
Which clouds can cover the entire sky?
The layer of air around the earth.
Which weather phenomenon requires high winds and can cause waves to damage areas on the coast?
In what part of the water cycle does water turn into a gas?
Which tool measures wind speed?
AN ANEMOMETER
The average or typical weather in a particular area over an extended period of time.
Which weather phenomena has high wind speed, a funnel shape, and tends to form over land?
Name three types of precipitation that can fall from clouds.
Why must you empty a rain gauge daily?
So that rain from previous days does not interfere with the accuracy of your measurement
What process skill is a weatherman using when he tells you the temperature he thinks that it will be the following day?
Why is it harder to prepare for a tornado than a hurricane?
Hurricanes form over a longer period of time, but tornadoes form quickly and without warning.
List the water cycle in order starting with evaporation
EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, PRECIPITATION, RUNOFF
Which clouds bring bright, sunny weather?
The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
Why would we be more likely to get a hurricane than someone who lives in Utah?
We live closer to the coast and hurricanes form over water.