Grey layered clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them.
Stratus or Cirrus or Cumulus
What are stratus clouds?
100
The middle layer of the atmosphere.
Troposphere or Mesosphere or Thermosphere
What is Mesosphere?
100
Most common type of storm.
Blizzard or Typhoon or Thunderstorm
What is Thunderstorm?
100
The 2 climate zones that have the most reported Hurricanes.
Temperate or Polar or Tropical
What are Tropical and Temperate?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor.
Condensation or Evaporation or Transpiration
What is Evaporation?
200
White puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds.
Stratus or Cumulus or Lenticular
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Instrument that shows the wind direction.
Anenometer or Wind Vane or Barometer
What is Wind Vane.
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape that forms over land.
Tornado or Hurricane or Drought
What is Tornado?
200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a public building or school.
Upstairs or Outside or Lowest Level
What is Lowest Level?
300
Power from this gives us energy for our own water cycle on earth.
Gravity or Coriolis Effect or Sun
What is the sun?
300
Thin feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain/snow is on the way.
Cirrus or Cumulonimbus or Cumulus
What are cirrus clouds?
300
The state of air at a certain time and place; day to day conditions of a particular place.
Precipitation or Weather or Climate
What is weather?
300
Large powerful storm that occurs over a large body of water.
Tornado or Hurricane or Flood
What is a hurricane?
300
What you should do if you're in a car during a tornado.
#1) Drive away
#2) Stop and Watch
#3) Pull over, get out of your car, & hide in a ditch
What is Pull over, get out of your car, & hide in a ditch?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets.
Evaporation or Condensation or Precipitation
What is Condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth's surface.
What is a fog?
400
The weather of a place over a long period of time.
Weather or Temperature or Climate
What is climate?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
Drought or Water Cycle or Flood
What is a flood?
400
What is Hurricane Season.
#1) December 1st to March 30th
#2) April 1st to May 29th
#3) June 1st to November 30th
What is June 1st to November 30th?
500
Three examples of precipitation in the water cycle.
What are rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
500
As water vapor rises, it becomes colder and ____________ on particles of dust to form clouds.
What is condense or stick?
500
Scientist who studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
500
Almost all weather fronts in North America are pushed from west to east by this.
Gulf Stream or Jet Stream or Wind Stream
What is the Jet Stream?
500
The most recent Hurricane to hit Florida - United States.
(Steve Weagle, the Meteorologist had a picture of this in his presentation; think "Flintstones" cartoon)
Betty or Wilma or Fred