T013 - Weather

Clouds

100

What are clouds made of?

What is water and dust particles

200

Name 3 types of clouds

What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus

300

What type of cloud is wispy and feathery

What is cirrus

400

what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?

What is Stratus

500

clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.

What is warm air

Severe Weather

100

This has heavy winds and can damage homes and cars

What is tornado

200

This can flood homes due to heavy winds and rain

What is Hurricane

300

This has rain thunder and lightening

What is thunderstorm

400

You should take cover in a ditch or basement for this type of storm

What is Tornado

500

You should move inland and board up your windows during this type of storm

What is a hurricane

Climates

100

This type of climate is found in Ohio. Mostly hot summers and cold winters.

Continental

200

This type of climate is close to the equator

Tropical

300

This climate is always cold

polar

400

Not much rain occurs in this climate

Dry or Arid

500

This climate is found in the Meditteranean where there is mild winters

Temperate

Weather Tools

100

I measure the speed of wind

What is anemometer

200

if you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air, use me

What is a thermometer

300

Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me

What is a barometer

400

Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it

What is a rain gauge

500

You feel this when there is moisture in the air and it is very hot

Humidity

Atmosphere

100

This layer of the atmosphere is closest to earth

Troposphere

200

You would find the ozone layer in this layer

Stratosphere

300

The ozone protects us from what kind of radiation?

UV or ultra violet

400

The coldest layer of the atmosphere

mesosphere

500

The atmosphere's outermost limit

Exosphere