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Clouds
Precipitaion
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Weather and Seasons
100
This type of cloud is thin and wispy and its name means curl of hair.
What is a cirrus cloud.
100
Name 3 forms of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, hail or freezing rain.
100
This is created by the expansion of the air that is suddenly heated by lightning.
What is thunder
100
This is a violent tropical storm that moves in a spiral motion with winds of 74 miles per hour or greater.
What is a hurricane
100
The study of weather is called this.
What is meteorology
200
This cloud name means layer.
What is a stratus cloud.
200
This kind of front is formed when cool air pushes on warm air.
What is a cold front.
200
Spinning air and water vapor create this.
What is a funnel cloud.
200
Name two other names used for hurricane around the world.
What is cyclone and typhoon.
200
These change based on weather patterns.
What are seasons
300
True or false. Dark clouds are dark because they contain polluted air.
False. They are dark because they contain more water which blocks sunlight.
300
This is formed when ice crystals group together and fall to the ground.
What is snow or snowflakes.
300
When a funnel cloud comes down out of a storm and touches the ground it is called this.
What is a tornado
300
This is the tight circle located in the center of a hurricane.
What is the eye.
300
True or False. Temperature and precipitation are two elements that determine the weather.
True
400
These clouds form when air rises rapidly and last only a few hours and cover a small area. Hint: their name means heap.
What is a cumulus cloud.
400
Long lasting rain is caused by this kind of front.
What is a warm front.
400
This is a tool used to predicted weather and allows you to see the inside of a storm.
What is Doppler radar.
400
Meteorologists rate hurricanes according to this.
What is wind speed.
400
The area of the Earth that is near the equator is referred to as this
What is the tropics.
500
What is the name of the cloud that contain thunderstorms and release much energy
What is a cumulonimbus cloud.
500
This is formed when water droplets freeze and are tossed up and down in a violent cumulonimbus cloud and then fall to Earth.
What is hail.
500
Who developed the scale used to rate tornadoes? Daily Double: For an extra 500 points: What is the scale called?
Who is Theodore Fujita. Daily Double: The Fujita Scale.
500
What is the scale used to rate hurricanes. Daily Double: How many categories are there on this scale?
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale. Daily Double: 5
500
If Miss Cori takes a trip to Brazil in January will it be Summer or Winter there?
What is Summer.