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Weather Measurements
Weather Data
Storms
World Climates
Weather (general)
100
What is used to measure the amount of rain
What is Rain Gauge
100
Who are the people who collect weather data and make weather predictions?
What is a Meterologist
100
A Hurricane is formed where?
What is over the ocean and near the equator
100
What climate zone do we live in?
What is the temperate zone
100
How is snow measured?
Using a yard stick
200
What instrument is used to measure the direction of the wind?
What is wind vane
200
What type of weather does a warm front bring?
What is steady precipitation and warmer temperatures
200
What causes thunder?
What is warm air expanding quickly
200
What are the three main climate zones?
What is polar, temperate, and tropical
200
What is an air mass?
What is large section of the atmosphere having the same temperature and humidity
300
What instrument is used to tell use the air temperature?
What is a thermometer
300
What is a front?
What is a moving boundary line between two air masses
300
What is a powerful wind storm with funnel shaped clouds?
What is a Tornado
300
What climate zone has the warmest average temperatures?
What is tropical
300
What is the force of the atmosphere against the earths surface?
What is air pressure
400
What instrument is used to measure Air Pressure?
What is a Barometer
400
What are the different types of pressure systems?
What are highs and lows
400
How is lightning formed?
What is when air moved up and down and creates an electrical charge, and then the charge builds up so much that it moves to the ground.
400
Which climate zone generally receives the least amount of precipitation?
What is the polar zone
400
Explain why mountains can have snow near the equator
What is because of their elevation above sea level and how cold it is
500
What is humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in the air
500
What is an Isobar?
What is a line connecting areas of equal air pressure
500
What causes a hurricane to lose force?
What is the friction from the land
500
What are the three factors that affect climates?
What is elevation above sea level, nearness to major body of water, and angle of sunlight
500
Explain the difference between climate and weather?
What is weather is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and climate is the average weather of an area for an extended period of time.