General Weather
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Climate is long term, predictable, and over a larger area, while weather is short-term, unpredictable, and over a small area
Funnel-shaped column of air rotating up to 300 mph touching the ground
What is a tornado?
If you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air, use me.
What is a thermometer?
I measure the direction of wind at airports.
Windsock
Name 4 forms of precipitation.
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
Strongest tropical storm with heavy rain and winds of 75 mph or more
What is a hurricane?
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
This object carries weather instruments up into the air and sends data back to Earth to help meteorologists forecast the weather.
What is a weather balloon?
The term for someone who studies the weather.
A meteorologist
This is a continuous period of dry weather.
What is a drought?
What liquid was traditionally found in thermometers?
Mercury or Alcohol
What is the purpose of a weather vane?
To tell the direction in which the wind is coming from
West to East
During a thunderstorm, what would you experience first, thunder or lightning? Why?
Lightning because light travels faster than sound.
I'm used to measure a drop in air pressure during a short period of time.
Barometer
On a windy day, you can use me to measure the speed of the wind.
Anemometer
A fluffy cloud that is tall and dark is a ___________ cloud.
Cumulonimbus
The most dangerous part of a hurricane is ___________.
The eye wall
You would use this on a hot day when there is a lot of moisture in the air.
Hygrometer
This measures air pressure over a LONG period of time and utilizes a pen
Barograph