Severe Weather
Facts
Tools
Weather Maps
This and That
100
A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is
a hurricane
100
________________ are made of water vapor that condenses in the troposphere.
Clouds
100
high pressure
100
Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?
cumulonimbus
100
What is the most abundant gas found in the atmosphere?
nitrogen
200
A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:
tornado
200
What layer does weather occur in?
troposphere
200
What measures temperature?
thermometer
200
90 degrees
200
Humidity is the...
amount of water vapor in the air
300
This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.
a thunderstorm
300
Where is the ozone layer located?
stratosphere
300
This weather tool measures wind speed
anemometer
300
Warm weather with precipitation
300
Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.
convection current
400
What shape is the cloud during a tornado?
funnel
400
The blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth
atmosphere
400
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
barometer
400
Minneapolis
400
What kind of weather is usually associated with a low pressure system?
Cloudy skies and precipitation
500
A hurricane forms over...
a warm body of water
500
What type of cloud looks like cotton and is in the lower altitudes?
cumulus
500
cold front
500
What is the temperature?
17 degrees
500
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
sunny weather