Reference to determine strength of a tornado. Named after a scientist.
What is the Fujita Scale
200
Clouds that are formed in layers and block out the sun.
What are stratus clouds
200
This instrument has a 'wet bulb' and 'dry bulb'
What is a psychrometer
200
The end result of this type of front can be thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
200
When water turns to water vapor over land
What is transpiration
200
Funnel shaped cloud that touches the ground
What is a tornado
300
This can mean precipitation may occur
What is nimbo/nimbus?
300
These two instruments can measure precipitation
What is a ruler and rain guage
300
This type of front is formed when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass
What is a warm front
300
The temperature water vapor has to cool to in order for condensation to take place
What is dew point
300
The 3 parts to a hurricane and which is the weakest, middle, and strongest part
Eye, eye wall, and rain bands
400
Cloud found at high altitudes and generally made of ice crystals
What is a cirrus cloud
400
This instrument measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
400
When a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses
What is an occluded front
400
Name one way hail and sleet are similar and one way hail and sleet are different
Hail and sleet are both made of ice crystals.. Differences are where they are formed and the size of the pellets
400
This method is used to determine how far (in miles) a storm is away from you.
What is the Flash to Bang Theory
500
Why do cirrus clouds appear the way they do?
What is wind
500
Name the instruments for the following weather conditions:
Temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation
What is thermometer, psychrometer, barometer, wind vane/wind sock, anemometer, precipitation
500
what do the letters M, C, T, and P stand for?
What is maritime, continental, tropical, and polar
500
Name the 4 types of precipitation and how each are formed
Rain/Snow : water/ice bump into eachother--too heavy and fall out of the cloud
Sleet: Raindrop falls through frozen layer of air and becomes frozen
Hail: updrafts of wind send rain up the cloud to be frozen. more updrafts, larger hail
500
3 states that Tornado Alley includes
What is Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota