Weather Data
If Water has a freezing point of 32 degrees, Nitrogen has a freezing point of -346, Oxygen has a freezing point of -361 degrees, and Argon has a freezing point of -308, what substance has the LOWEST freezing point?
Oxygen
What is it called when the ground heats up the air above it?
Conduction
What is the relationship between elevation and temperature?
The higher you go the colder it gets
What's more dense, a basketball or a bowling ball?
Bowling ball
What is Mr. Snyder's favorite princess movie?
Tangled
If a water droplet weighs 0.001 oz and there is an updraft force of 0.1 oz, what will the water droplet do?
Rise
What is it called when water vapor loses energy and becomes a liquid?
Condensation
What is it called when the sun heats the ground?
Radiation
Do gases have high or low density?
Low
Who is Mr. Snyder's favorite character ever?
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
If a snowflake weighs 0.1 oz and there is an updraft force of 0.1 oz, what will the snowflake do?
Float
What is happening when warm updrafts push clouds higher and cold air begins to sink?
Convection
Why does it not hail in the winter?
Cold near the ground = less evaporation
What is the most dense state of matter?
Solid
What console does Mr. Snyder play most of his video games on?
PS5
If the temperature 100 feet above sea level is 20 degrees and at 200 feet it's 0 degrees, what might the temperature be at 300 feet?
- 20 degrees
In the video we watched showing the cumulonimbus forming, why was it moving upwards?
The updrafts are pushing it higher
What causes stronger updrafts?
Heat near the ground
What happens to air near the ground when it gets heated up?
It becomes less dense and rises
What is Mr. Snyder's favorite sit down restaurant?
Chili's
What kind of tool records air pressure?
Barometer
What are solids that are suspended in the sky called?
Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCNs)
Name the three types of heat transfer that apply to weather
Conduction, convection, and radiation
In the video we watched, why did the balloon stop rising and start falling back towards the ground?
The air inside cooled and became more dense
What is the first anime Mr. Snyder ever watched?
Naruto