Weather Types
This weather type involves frozen water falling from the sky.
What is snow?
This season is known for flowers blooming and warming temperatures.
What is spring?
This weather event occurs usually in the summer and has thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
This climate zone is known for being warm or hot all year with lots of rain.
What is tropical?
This instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This type of weather is known for its loud thunder and flashes of lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
In this season, leaves turn orange and brown before they fall off trees.
What is autumn?
This weather event occurs when there is dry air and heavy winds. You need a spark to start this event.
What is a wildfire?
In this climate zone, winters are cold and summers can be mild to hot, like most of the United States.
What is temperate?
This device measures how much rain has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
This weather condition makes it hard to see things clearly.
What is fog?
During this season, the daylight hours are the longest.
What is summer?
This weather event starts in the ocean when ocean water is warm. It moves onto land with heavy winds, heavy precipitation, and storms.
What is a hurricane?
This is the coldest climate zone, where it is freezing most of the year.
What is polar?
This weather tool shows the direction from which the wind is coming.
What is a wind vane?
This type of weather involves a rotating column of air that extends from a cloud to the ground.
What is a tornado?
In this season, we often see snow and experience the coldest temperatures.
What is winter?
This weather event occurs when the earth's crust shifts.
What is an earthquake?
This climate zone has very little rain and includes deserts.
What is arid/dry?
This instrument is used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This weather event occurs with heavy precipitation.
What is a flood?
This is the name of the day when we have the shortest daylight hours of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
This weather event occurs when an underwater earthquake or volcano erupts. It causes a surge of water towards land.
What is a tsunami?
This climate zone is found in high mountain areas and has cool temperatures year-round.
What is mountain/alpine climate?
This tool measures air pressure and can help predict weather changes.
What is a barometer?