Basic
Clouds are made of this
What is Water Vapor?
A large discharge of static electricity from a storm cloud is called this
What is lightning?
A great state to visit if you like extreme Arctic cold
What is Alaska?
Ice balls falling from a storm cloud are called this
What is hail?
This ranks the severity of tornadoes
What is the Fujita Scale?
Strong wind currents that circle Earth many miles above are called this
What is a Jet Stream?
Wind whips up already-fallen snow, sometimes on a clear day, in this phenomenon
What is a snow devil?
Some say this type of snowstorm occurs only once a century
What is a blizzard?
An illusion caused by the bending of light through a prism is called this
What is a rainbow?
Never stand under a tree during an electrical storm, this heats up and makes the tree explode if struck
What is sap?
The Pacific Ocean off South America sees this, an area of warmer than usual water
What is an El Nino?
Large storms that produce howling winds and rain or snow on the East Coast are called this
What is a Nor'easter?
A sight you will often see in cold weather cities, originating from pollution
What is a brown cloud?
An unusually warm fall is known as this, and it usually occurs in early fall
What is an Indian Summer?
This condition caused by exposure of skin to extreme cold makes the skin look purple or black
What is frostbite?
This convection cell has air rising at the equator and sinking at mid-latitudes
What is a Hadley Cell?
A line of intense thunderstorms with straight-moving winds is known as this
What is a derecho?
A sudden descent of a huge pile of snow down a slope is known as this
What is an avalanche?
A type of precipitation, this damages infrastructure and results from pollution
What is acid rain?
This hazardous weather condition means you should limit strenuous activity outdoors and drink plenty of fluids
What is a heat wave?
Wilson Alwyn Bentley was the first known photographer of these
What is a snowflake?
This region in Africa sees the most lightning strikes in the world
What is the Congo Basin?
The highest peak in Alaska is called this
What is Denali (or Mt. McKinley)
A tornado that forms over open water is known as this
What is a waterspout?
A drought in this South African city lead to an extreme water crisis
What is Cape Town?