WEATHER
A ______________ is a type of severe weather characterized by heavy wind and rain. HINT: They start in warm ocean waters.
Hurricane
The typical weather patterns of a region are called what?
Climate
"The condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, windspeed, and rainfall
WEATHER
Rain
How many US Senators are in each state?
2
Humidity is the amount of _____ _____ in the air.
water vapor
The type of climate zone where it stays hot all year long is called what?
Tropical
The average or typical weather condition of a region year after year, or at least season to season
CLIMATE
What weather is symbolized by half a sun, with the other half covered by a cloud?
The warm air mass rises as the cool air masses push and meet in the middle. The temperature drops as the warm air mass is “cut off,” from the ground and pushed upward. Such fronts can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation. Usually form around mature low pressure areas
Occluded Front
This is what it's called when water falls from the sky, either as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Precipitation
The type of climate zone where we live, that experiences all four seasons equally, is called what?
Temperate
"The cooling off of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid."
CONDENSATION
What weather is symbolized by a circle with the letter H in it?
High pressure
My stripes are famous from Bengal to Goa, I am silent as I hunt and live by myself. Orange and black and white is my fur. Who am I?
The Harmony Mascot - the tiger
What are the three things needed to make weather?
Heat, air, and water
The coldest type of climate zone, at the north and south poles, is called what?
Polar
Water droplets falling from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
PRECIPITATION
What weather is symbolized by pointy triangles coming off of a semicircle?
Cold front
What kind of cat does Mr. Johnston have?
Calico
Condensation is when water turns from ________ to liquid
Gas
Name a country in a TROPICAL climate zone in Central America that has a canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans>
Panama
The amount of water vapor in the air
HUMIDITY
What type of weather is symbolized by a circle with the letter L in it?
Low pressure
What is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.
National Weather Service