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Weather Tools
Type of Winds
Storms
Positions of the earth
Seasons
100
What type of pressure system does stormy weather have?
A Low pressure system
100
What wind type is in the polar area?
Polar Easterlies
100
Which type of storm is made on warm ocean water?
Hurricanes
100
Does the summer solstice have the shortest day or longest day?
Longest Day
100
What causes seasons?
The earths tilt
200
What tool measures wind speed?
Anemometer
200
What wind blows toward the equator?
Trade Winds
200
What is one thing needed to make a hurricane?
Warm ocean water
200
If a summer solstice is in the north where is the winter solstice?
South
200
Why is it warmer near the equator than the poles?
The equator gets direct sun light
300
What measures temperature?
Thermometer
300
True or false is a sea breeze at night and warm air over the water rises and is replaced by colder air from land?
False
300
When do tornadoes often occur?
In the Spring
300
What equinox does the southern hemisphere have when the northern hemisphere has Autumnal equinox?
Vernal equinox
300
What causes day and night?
Earths rotation
400
What measures the amount of rain?
Rain Gauge
400
The way earth's rotation makes winds curve is called?
Coriolis affect
400
When do thunderstorms most often occur?
the Spring
400
What day does the Autumnal equinox start?
Sept. 23
400
What takes a year to complete?
Earths revolution
500
What is a stationary front?
Warm and cold front mixed together
500
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances are called?
Global Winds
500
Where do most tornadoes occur in the U.S?
Texas
500
What day does the Vernal equinox start?
March 21
500
What does rotate mean?
Spin