Weather Tools
Air
Storms
Storm / Pollution
100
A weather tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
100

A blanket of air that surrounds the Earth

(Hint: It has layers like a cake.)

What is the atmosphere?
100
Where hurricanes form
What are oceans?
100
Thunderstorms cause ___ (name 3)
What are rain, thunder, lightning, high winds and hail?
200
A weather tool that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
200
Three things we can study about the air

What are air

1. Moisture

2. Speed

3. Temperature

200
The part about hurricanes that causes a lot of damage
What are strong winds and heavy rain?
200
Blizzards are ___ storms with ___, ___, ___

What are winter storms?

1. low temperature

2. heavy snowfall

3. strong winds

300
A weather tool that measures water vapor
What is a hygrometer?
300
The weather it will be when the air pressure is LOW
What is cloudy?
300
The speed of hurricanes
What is up to 155 miles per hour?
300
The service that monitors the weather and send storm warnings and storm watches
What is the NWS (National Weather Service)?
400
A weather tool that measures the amount of rainfall
What is a rain gauge?
400
The weather it will be when the air pressure is HIGH
What is sunny?
400
The speed of tornadoes
What is 250 mph?
400
Three things that cause pollution
What are cars, airplanes and factories?
500
The reason meteorologists use weather tools
What is to predict and record the weather?
500
The reason meteorologists gather information from satellites
What is to make weather maps?
500
A tornado is a ____ column of ____
What is spinning air?
500
The reason smog is harmful
What is smog makes breathing difficult?
600
The reason meteorologists use satellites
What is to take pictures of the air moving over the Earth?
600
What it is like outside
What is weather?
600
How and where tornadoes form?
What is quickly and small areas?
600
Ways to reduce air pollution
What are carpooling, public transportation, etc?