Tools of the Trade: Weather Detectives
This tool measures temperature.
What is thermometer?
A storm with lightning and thunder
What is a thunderstorm?
Scientists who study weather are called this.
What are meteorologists?
This describes the daily conditions like rain or sunshine.
What is weather?
This type of front forms when a cold air mass rapidly pushes under a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
This shape is most associated with love.
What is a heart?
This was the halftime performer at this years Super Bowl.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This tool measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
A spinning column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
These images from space help track storms.
What are satellite images?
An air mass that forms over the land usually has this type of climate.
What is dry?
This type of front forms when a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
This flying baby with a bow and arrow is linked to love.
Who is Cupid?
This is the team that won the Super Bowl.
What are the Seattle Seahawks?
This tool measures rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
A powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
This moving image shows rain and storms on weather maps, often in real time or future predictions.
What is radar?
This describes long term patterns over many years.
What is climate?
When two air masses meet, but neither moves, it forms this type of front.
What is a stationary front?
This is the date associated with Valentine's Day.
What is February 14th?
Who is Kenneth Walker III?
This scale measures the strength of tornadoes.
A severe snowstorm with strong winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
A prediction of future weather is called this.
What is a forecast?
This term represents the gradual increase in Earth's average temperature is believed to be causing sea levels to rise due to ice shelves melting.
What is global warming?
This front forms when two cold fronts collide and push a warm front rapidly up.
What is an occluded front?
These red objects are a popular Valentine's Gift.
What are roses?
This was the stadium that the Super Bowl was played at.
What is Levi's Stadium?
This system is used to measure Hurricane strength.
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Ice balls that fall from the sky during storms.
What is a hail storm?
These lines on a weather map connect areas of equal air pressure.
What are isobars?
This effect traps heat in Earth's atmosphere, the thickening of Earth's natural "blanket".
What is the greenhouse effect?
Occluded fronts are shown by this. Explain or draw symbol.
What is a purple line with alternating half circles and triangles?
The Roman saint associated with this holiday.
Who is Saint Valentine?
This was the final record score.
What is 29-13?