Weather & Climate
What is weather?
What is happening in Earth's atmosphere, such as temperature, wind, pressure, and moisture?
What type of extreme weather is a rapidly spinning column of air that can extend from a thunderstorm toward the ground?
What is a tornado?
What is a huge rotating storm that forms over warm ocean water?
What is a hurricane?
What extreme weather event involves a large amount of snow and strong winds?
What is a blizzard?
What happens to Earth's average temperature when global warming occurs?
What is the planet's average temperature rises?
What is climate?
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
What kind of storm can produce tornadoes?
What is a thunderstorm?
Hurricanes are powered by energy from what?
What is warm ocean water?
What is a drought?
What is a long period with much less precipitation than normal?
Name one type of extreme weather that the book connects with rising global temperatures.
What is heat waves, droughts, or wildfires?
(Other appropriate examples may also be accepted.)
What are two things that can affect weather?
What are heat, cold, wind, pressure, or moisture? (any two)
Why can tornadoes be especially dangerous?
What is because they can have extremely powerful winds and can develop quickly?
What is a derecho?
What is a powerful, widespread windstorm associated with thunderstorms?
What type of storm produces balls or pieces of ice that fall from the sky?
What is a hailstorm?
According to the book, why can some parts of the planet actually become colder even as Earth's overall temperature rises?
What is because changes in Earth's climate can disrupt weather patterns and cause some regions to experience unusual cold?
How is weather different from climate?
What is weather describes conditions happening now or over a short period, while climate describes weather patterns over a long period of time?
A tornado is an example of what kind of weather event?
What is extreme weather?
Why can hurricanes affect places far away from where they first form?
What is because storms can travel long distances and bring strong winds, heavy rain, and other dangerous conditions?
What is a sandstorm?
What is a storm that picks up and carries large amounts of sand or dust through the air?
The author says that understanding extreme weather can help people do what?
What is stay safe and know what to do when dangerous weather happens?
According to the book, why can an increase in Earth's temperature lead to changes in weather?
What is because warming the planet changes weather patterns, including heat waves, droughts, rainfall, thunderstorms, and wind patterns?
Why is understanding tornadoes important even for people who don't live in an area famous for tornadoes?
What is because extreme weather can happen in many different places, and understanding it helps people know how to stay safe?
The book discusses changes in thunderstorms and rain patterns. What larger environmental change can contribute to these changes?
What is a changing climate caused by rising global temperatures?
The book explains that extreme weather isn't limited to one part of the world. What is one reason?
What is different parts of Earth experience different combinations of heat, cold, wind, moisture, and atmospheric conditions?
The book explains that weather and climate are complicated. Why is learning about them important?
What is because understanding how weather and climate work helps us recognize extreme weather, understand why patterns are changing, and make safer decisions?