Clouds
What are clouds made of?
Water and dust particles.
How are snowflakes made?
When the air gets so cold that water vapor freezes.
What is a tornado?
A powerfully twisting column of air that makes contact with the ground.
What is rain?
A liquid water that falls from the clouds to Earth's surface.
What do you call a person who studies weather and climate?
Meteorologist
Name three types of clouds?
Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus
How is snow helpful to plants?
It acts like a blanket and protects them from wind, ice, and cold.
Which season is sometimes called "tornado season?"
Spring
What do we call any type of water that falls from clouds to earth ?
Precipitation
Why do we see lighting before we hear thunder?
Light travels faster than sound.
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery?
Cirrus
How is snow helpful to animals?
The blanket keeps the wind and snow from animals underground and keeps them warm.
What is the strongest wind ever measured in a tornado?
300 MBH
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is lightning?
An electrical spark between two clouds.
What type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
Stratus
What is a blizzard?
When strong winds blow, the soft quiet snow.
What is the name of the scale that measures the wind speed of a tornado?
The Fujita-Pearson Tornado Intensity Scale (or F-Scale).
What is it called when a liquid changes into a gas?
Evaporation
What does a barometer do?
Measures air pressure.
What type of clouds are puffy and look like cauliflower?
Cumulus
What is melted snow good for?
Melted snow gives us water for wells, streams, and rivers. It also goes into the soil and helps plants grow.
Where did the name Tornado come from?
The Spanish word tronada, meaning "thunderstorm."
I am the loud noise created by lightning.
Thunder
What are the two most important ingredients in a hurricane?
Warm water and wind.