Clouds
What is the cloud that is formed during cold fronts that can produce rain, lightning, hail, and sometimes Tornadoes?
CUMULONIMBUS
What does the L represent on a weather map?
Low Pressure.
What is a big spinning cloud that touches the cloud and breaks things like houses and trees?
Tornado.
The atmospheric conditions, along with short term changes, of a certain place at a certain time.
Weather
Mr Costa make a question and have this team answer it.
What cloud is gray that can produce rain or snow frequently?
Nimbostratus
What is the symbol for a cold front on a weather front?
Its triangles.
Name 3 types of precipitation that falls from the sky.
Rain, Snow, and Hail.
The force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below.
Air pressure.
What is Mr Costa's favorite bird
Parakeet.
Cumulus
what does low pressure generally result in?
warm temperatures, moisture, and rising air.
What can form from a Cumulonimbus that is rare but happens all the time during Spring/Summer?
Tornadoes.
Large bodies of air that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
Air Masses.
How many years has he been teaching here?
26.
What cloud indicates consistent rain within a day that is seen in the cirro range?
Cirrostratus
Given the information on the map, where is High pressure located?
It's located at the bottom of Nevada.
A huge group of nimbostratus that is a natural disaster?
Hurricane.
A boundary between 2 air masses.
Front.
Mr Costa choose who gets the 400 points.
What cloud indicates the approach of warm fronts?
Cirrus
Given the information on the map, what is the weather like at Del Rio?
At Del Rio, its 50 degrees, and thunder storming.
What is the scale called for measuring tornadoes?
The Enhanced Fujita scale.
A set of weather measurements made out of earth's surface.
Surface report.
First team to give Mr. Costa a high 5 gets 500 points.
Yay!