Weather

Water Cycle

100

Nature’s way of recycling water.

What is the water cycle?

200

The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor

What is evaporation?

300

Amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity?

400

The process of water vapor turning into water droplets

What is condensation?

500

Water that is found underground

What is groundwater?

Earthquakes

100

How do we measure earthquakes?

What is the Richter scale?

200

The most common type of Earthquakes.

What is tectonic?

300

The surface of the earth is made of how many pieces?

What is 20 pieces?

400

Earthquakes form 3 ways.

When the parts of land slide past, bump up against or hit causes earthquakes?

500

Earthquakes can be felt.

What are 1000 miles?

Weather Vocabulary

100

The state of the air at a certain time and place

What is weather?

200

Scientists who study weather

Who are meteorologists?

300

Instrument that measures air temperatures

What is a  thermometer?

400

Measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

500

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

Stormy Weather

100

Most common type of storm

What is a thunderstorm?

200

Spinning cloud with a funnel shape

What is a tornado?

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

What is a hurricane?

400

Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

What is a flood?

500

Another name for a hurricane

What is a typhoon?

TornadoSafety andTrivia

100

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house

What is the basement?

200

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building

What is the lowest level of the building?

300

April through June

What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?

400

What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado

What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?

500

Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes

What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?