Hot and Cold
The instrument used to tell temperature is . . .
What is a thermometer
The instrument used to tell wind DIRECTION is . . .
What is a weather or wind vane.
Cumulus means _________.
What is fluffy, puffy, full, cottonball-like cloud
The word that means rain, sleet, snow, hail, or freezing rain.
What is precipitation.
A large storm that comes off the ocean, with sustained winds over 74 mph.
What is a hurricane.
F on a thermometer stands for . . .
What is Fahrenheit.
The instrument used to tell wind SPEED.
What is an anemometer.
What is a dark, storm-type cloud.
Frozen water that falls to the ground could be ____ or _____.
What is snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain.
A heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
What is a blizzard.
Water freezes at ______ degrees.
What is 32 degrees F or 0 Celsius.
The four main compass points used to tell wind direction.
What are north, south, east, and west.
Stratus means __________.
What is a stretched-out, long, sky-filling cloud.
For snow not to melt, the temperature must be this.
What is 32 degrees F or lower (0 C or lower).
A funnel cloud is a sign of this.
What is a tornado.
If it's 95 degrees F, it's cold outside. T /F
What is false.
The jet stream is wind that blows from _____ to ____.
What is west to east.
T/ F: Rain in a cumulonimbus cloud lasts longer than in a stratonimbus cloud.
What is false.
Hail is this.
What are frozen pellets or balls of ice that fall.
Thunder less than 5 seconds after lightning means the lightning is 1 mile away. T/ F.
What is true.
C on a thermometer stands for . . .
What is Celsius.
Gale or breeze: the stronger wind is . . .
T/F: Wind direction affects whether clouds will bring rain.
What is true.
Sunlight shining through water vapor makes this prism of colors.
What is a rainbow.
NC's hurricane's come off of this ocean, typically.
What is the Atlantic Ocean.