Water Cycle
Weather patterns and predictions
Seasonal Patterns
Extreme Weather
Fun weather facts
100
How many parts are in the water cycle
3
100
stratus clouds are....
thin clouds that cover the sky
100
The 4 seasons we experience are
Spring
Summer
Winter
Autumn/Fall
100
What happens when its windy and very dry?
A dust storm
100
No snowflake is the same
True or false
true- all snowflakes are unique
200
What is a cycle?
Something that continues to go around and around with no stop.
200
White puffy clouds are called
Cumulus
200
What temperature does it need to be for it to snow?
32 degrees
200
The earth shakes during an
earthquake
200
Lightning makes a sound
true or false
true- thunder
300
The process of water turning into vapor.
evaporation
300
Cumulonimbus clouds create _______ that last for _________.
Thunderstorms
less than hour
300
Weather at the equator is
hot and humid
300
Most tornadoes happen where in the US?
Tornado Alley
300
Frogs go quiet right before it rains
true or false
false- they get louder
400
What is a storm cloud called?
Cumulonimbus
400
What kinds of clouds are these and what do they produce?
stratonimbus
rain
400
The coldest place on earth is
Antarctica
400
The center of a hurricane is called
the eye
400
About 3,000 thunderstorms happen on Earth every minute
True or False
False- about 2,000
500
The difference between a cloud and fog
clouds form at high altitudes through condensation
fog forms close to earths surface through the ground cooling
500
Name the 4 types of precipitation
sleet
hail
rain
snow
500
How many major climate zones are on Earth
5
500
This normally happens after an earthquake on an island
a tsunami
500
What is this extreme weather called?
Water Spout- a tornado over water