Show:
Water Cycle
Weather Myths
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Tornado
Safety and
Trivia
100
Nature’s way of recycling water.
What is the water cycle?
100

True or False: 

This myth says that if lightning strikes the same place once, it won’t strike there again

What is False:

Lightning can strike the same place many times.

100

Conditions at a certain time and place (example:Rain, Clouds)

What is weather?

100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200

This common myth says it cannot snow if the temperature outside is above freezing.

What is false?
Snow can still fall when surface temperatures are above 32°F if the air higher in the atmosphere is cold enough. Snowflakes may start melting as they fall, but it can still snow when it’s in the 30s or even near 40°F.

200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200

Spinning cloud that is not touching the ground?

What is a Funnel Cloud?

200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is the lowest level of the building?
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300

True or False:

This myth says tornadoes cannot cross rivers.

What is False

Tornados can and will cross tornado

300
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300
April through June
What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400

True or False:

This myth says opening windows during a tornado helps equalize pressure.

What is false?
Opening windows wastes time and can make things more dangerous.

400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500

True or False:

This myth says large cities cannot be hit by tornadoes.

What is false?
Tornadoes can hit cities, including places like Nashville and Oklahoma City.

500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
500
Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes
What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?