Weather & Climate Change

Weather Vocabulary

100

The day to day change in the temperature is called?

Weather

200

Scientists who study weather

Who are meteorologists?

300

Instrument that shows wind direction

wind vane

400

Measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

500

The weather of a place over a long time

What is climate?

Stormy Weather

100

Most common type of storm

What is a thunderstorm?

200

Spinning cloud with a funnel shape

What is a tornado?

300

Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water

What is a hurricane?

400

Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

What is a flood?

500

Another name for a hurricane

What is a typhoon?

Climate Change

100

Name the greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide, methane,water vapor

200

What is an example of habitat loss?

(You must be able to explain why)

Ice Melting

Cutting Down Trees (Deforestation)

300

Can we reverse climate change? How?

Yes. Using less energy, cutting down less trees, burning less fossil fuels. 

400

Climate change causes extreme weather. What would be an example of extreme weather?

blizzards

tornadoes

hurricanes

thunderstorms 

500

What kind of gas do cows release into the atomosphere?How do they release this gas?

Methane 

Digestion 

Weather Symbols

100

What is the symbol for high pressure

Big Red H

200

What is the symbol for low pressure?

Big Blue L

300

The symbols on a cold front symbolize?

icicles 

400

The symbols on a warm from symbolize?

half suns

500

What protects us from the suns harmful rays?

magnetic field 

Bonus

100

How long does it take the earth to complete a rotation?

24 Hours/ One Day

200

what kind of front is created when three air masses meet?

an occluded front

300

What does earths ROTATION cause?

day and night 

400

What does earths REVOLUTION cause?

a change in the seasons

500

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun? (Be very specific)

365.25 days