Clouds and Basic Weather
Meteorology Jobs
Instruments
Severe Weather
Fun Trivia!
100
This type of front happens when a colder air mass moves in and pushes warmer air out of the way
What is a cold front
100
Someone who makes weather forecasts for the news
What is a broadcast meteorologist
100
This instrument measures air temperature
What is a thermometer
100
If there is a tornado you should take shelter here
What is a basement or interior room
100
True or False: It can rain frogs!
What is true
200
A cummulonimbus cloud is more commonly known as this
What is a thunderstorm
200
Someone who does meteorology research
What is a research scientist
200
An anemometer measures this
What is wind speed
200
This type of alert means the ingredients needed for a tornado are present but that a tornado has not formed yet
What is a tornado watch
200
This type of precipitation can be as small as a pea or as large as a softball
What is hail
300
A high level, puffy cloud
what is a cirrocumulus
300
Two important classes to become a meteorologist
What is math and science
300
Meteorologists use these to get a full profile of the atmosphere
What is a weather balloon
300
This is the scale we use to rate the strength of a tornado
What is the EF scale
300
This weather event can make the sky turn green
What is a thunderstorm
400
This type of pressure system has winds that rotate counterclockwise around it
What is a low-pressure system
400
To become a meteorology professor you need what/how many degrees?
What is three degrees (bachelors, masters, PhD)
400
In our temperature experiment, this surface was the warmest because it absorbed more energy from the Sun
What is blacktop
400
This kind of storm moves very fast, has strong winds, and stretches across multiple states
What is a derecho
400
True or false: It is possible to see lightning during a snowstorm
What is true
500
These high, wispy clouds are sometimes called "mare's tails"
What cirrus clouds
500
These meteorologists fly into hurricanes
What are the hurricane hunters
500
A hygrometer used to use this strange material to measure humidity
What is hair
500
The four ingredients needed for severe weather
What are shear, lift, instability and moisture (SLIM)
500
This rare phenomenon can form when intense heat from a wildfire causes a rotating column of air and fire
What is a fire tornado