Vocabulary
Monster Storms
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Poetry
100
where the strongest winds in the hurricane are
eyewall
100
what the initials UAV stand for
uninhabited arial vehicle
100
name given to section of the US where most tornadoes are found
Tornado Alley
100
first 3 stages of a hurricane
thunderstorm, tropical depression,tropical storm
100
These sentences are all examples of which poetic device?
personification
200
2 names for hurricanes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
cyclones and typhoons
200
definition of a supercell
severe thunderstorm that could become a tornado
200
explain how a tornado is formed
warm air from the ground collides with cold air
200
when a hurricane gets a name
when it is a tropical storm
200
What type of poem is this?
Tornado - by Kelly Kurt
Rotating column
Connecting the sky and ground
Nature’s dark beauty
haiku
300
name of instrument used to track the weather/precipitation, wind
Doppler Radar
300
definition of a anemometer and a barometer
anemometer measures wind speed
barometer measures air pressure
300
lowest layer of the atmosphere
troposphere
300
Names of the 3 hurricanes so far in 2018
Alberta, Beryl, Chris
300
Name 2 poetic devices used
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
alliteration and rhyme
400
weather probe dropped from a plane to measure storm conditions
dropsonde
400
3 famous shipwrecks that were due to monster storms
Conception, Endurance, El Faro
400
scale used to categorize tornadoes
Fujita scale
400
what effect or force is responsible for the direction that hurricanes rotate?
Coriolis Effect
400
one way simile and metaphor are the same and one way they are different
they both compare
simile uses lik or as, metaphor does not
500
define AND explain why this term is relevant for the study of meteorology: aerodynamics
the study of air and force (how things fly);
scientists use UAV's to study the atmosphere and storms; these UAV's are governed by aerodynamic principles
500
Name the 4 things a UAV or a plane needs to fly
lift, thrust, drag and weight
500
category of tornado that sustains greater than 200mph
F5
500
name of plane that goes into hurricanes to collect data on weather
the Lookheed
500
What are two types of author's craft used in this poem?
metaphor and personification