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Severe Weather
Weather 1
Water and Air
Weather and Water
General
100
What type of severe storm typically forms over the middle of the United States and can cause a lot of damage?
Tornado
100
What is the source of energy for ALL weather?
The Sun
100
Where is most of Earth’s water located?
Oceans
100
What is weather?
What the air around us is like.
100
What are the droplets of water on the outside of a cold glass of lemonade caused by?
Condensation
200
Name four different types of severe weather discussed in class.
Tornado, hurricane, drought, thunderstorm, blizzard, flood,
200
On a sunny, warm day at the beach, which direction will the wind most likely be blowing?
From the ocean (colder water), to the beach (warmer land).
200
Where is most of Earth’s fresh water located?
Ice: glaciers and ice sheets
200
The movement of water around the Earth, powered by the sun, is called ________________.
The Water Cycle
200
When cloud droplets come together, become too heavy to stay in the air and fall to the ground, which part of the water cycle does this refer to.
Precipitation
300
Large storms that form over warm ocean water that cause a lot of damage are called _________.
hurricanes
300
The L on a weather map usually means there will be what type of weather?
Cloudy and likely rainy
300
Heat from the sun causes liquid water to _________ into the atmosphere.
Evaporate
300
List the four types of precipitation.
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
300
Clouds are formed through the process of __________.
Condensation
400
What is the fuel for hurricanes?
Warm, ocean water
400
The H on a weather map usually means there will be what type of weather?
Clear sky, fair weather
400
About what percent of Earth is covered by ocean water?
About 70%
400
In Lincoln, CA, where would meteorologists (weather forecasters) look to predict the weather we will be experiencing in two days?
They would look West, over the Pacific Ocean.
400
What percent of fresh water is usable by humans?
Less than 1%
500
What happens to a hurricane as soon as it moves over land?
It gets weaker.
500
What is the major cause of almost all wind on earth? Be specific.
Uneven heating of Earth's surface
500
Where would the pressure be the greatest? A. On top of a building B. At the beach C. In an airplane flying at 20,000 feet D. On top of a tall mountain
B. At the beach The pressure gets less as you go higher!
500
List all of the steps in the water cycle (4 total)
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off.
500
In order to predict local weather in North America, it is important to know that weather fronts tend to move from _______________________.
West to East