1 Precipitation
What are water droplets that fall from clouds?
rain
What is often a funnel cloud—a rotating column of air— that stretches from a storm to the ground and must touch the ground?
tornado
What measures the temperature in the air?
thermometer
What describes how hot or cold something is?
temperature
During which type of storm should people go to a room with no windows?
tornado
What are chunks of ice that fall from the sky?
hail
What is a storm with considerable falling or blowing snow and winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for at least 3 hours?
blizzard
What measures the direction the wind is blowing?
wind vane
OR
wind sock
What is wind?
moving air
During which type of storm should people board up the windows?
hurricane
What is the vowel digraph is these words?
rain
hail
ai
What results from days of heavy rain when rivers rise and overflow their banks?
flood
What measures the amount of rain that falls?
rain gauge
What is precipitation?
water falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
During which type of severe weather should people conserve water?
drought
What is water vapor that turns to ice in clouds and usually falls to the ground in flakes?
snow
What occurs when an area has less then normal precipitation?
drought
What measures wind speed?
anemometer
What is a thermometer?
It measures temperature.
During which type of storm should people stay warm, have plenty of food, and not drive?
blizzard
What is a mixture of snow and rain?
sleet
What is a very big and strong storm that only occurs near the water?
hurricane
What is used to measure snow on the ground?
ruler
OR
tape measure
OR
measuring stick
What is a heat wave?
A period of unusually hot weather that typically lasts two or more days. To be considered a heat wave, the temperatures have to be outside the historical averages for a given area.
Where should people go during a tornado if they are outside?
A sturdy building, a cave, a hole close to the ground, or they should lie flat and face-down on low ground, protecting the back of their head with their arms.