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Weather
Environment
The Water Cycle
Be Prepared
Weather Equipment
100
What type of weather should be forecast if the barometric pressure is rising?
What is clear and sunny.
100
What environment is very hot, very little humidity and very little rain?
What is the desert.
100
What is water droplets in all forms that fall from the atmosphere?
What is precipitation.
100
What are the two most important supplies to gather when there is a storm warning?
What are food and water.
100
What measures rainfall in centimeters or inches, predicts droughts or floods?
What is a rain gauge.
200
What is precipitation that passes through warm air and then fell through a layer of freezing air?
What is sleet.
200
What environment has very hot temperatures, is very humid and has lots of rain - mountains, coastal, or tundra?
What is a coastal area.
200
What is the cooling of water vapor in the lower atmosphere to change gas to a liquid?
What is condensation.
200
What are two supplies that are necessary when facing a winter storm warning with a lot of ice or snow falling on electric lines?
What are candles and flashlights.
200
What measures air pressure; increasing is fair weather and decreasing can mean rainy weather?
What is a barometer.
300
What type of front brings clouds and rain?
What is a warm front.
300
Latitude is the distance north or south - it is warmest near what latitude?
What is near the equator.
300
What is a process where a liquid changes from a liquid to a gas caused by heat?
What is evaporation.
300
How would you stay informed about a coming hurricane?
What is listen to the news.
300
What measures temperature in degrees and predicts unsafe weather?
What is a thermometer.
400
What air pressure system has cooler air and clear skies?
What is a high pressure system.
400
Elevation affects climate - which is cooler the mountains or beaches?
What is mountains.
400
What is the source of most of the water in the water cycle?
What is salt water from oceans.
400
What is a scientist called who studies the weather?
What is a meteorologist.
400
What measures wind speed in kilometers or miles; helps to estimate how much damage a storm will do?
What is an anemometer.
500
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
What is climate.
500
Orlando and Dayton Beach are both in Florida but Daytona Beach may have warmer weather in the winter - why?
What is nearest to the water.
500
What is precipitation that is not absorbed by the ground and travels to lakes, rivers, and oceans?
What is run-off.
500
What is the strongest hurricane category called?
What is a category 5.
500
What measures the humidity in the air to predict precipitation?
What is a hygrometer.