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Precipitation/Water Cycle
Severe Weather
Types of Weather
Clouds and Wind
Miscellaneous
100
What do you call precipitation that comes down as liquid water?
rain
100
What is a tornado?
spinning air/wind
100
What type of weather is typically hot?
sunny weather
100
What are clouds made of?
Clouds are made of droplets of water in the air/atmosphere.
100
What do you call the person who forecasts the weather?
a meterologist
200
What do you call precipitation that comes down as frozen water?
snow and ice
200
What should you do if there is a thunderstorm? Why?
Go inside immediately so that you do not get hit my lightening.
200
What type of weather is very cold and frozen precipitation falls?
snowy weather
200
What is the wind?
The wind is moving air.
200
If there is heavy rain for several days, what could happen?
There might be flooding.
300
How does water get up to the sky/atmosphere?
It evaportates when the sun heats it up.
300
What is lightening?
Lightening is electricity in the air/atmosphere.
300
What type of weather makes objects fly around?
windy weather
300
How can the wind be dangerous?
It can blow so hard that it knocks down trees or even your roof.
300
What do you call a storm that starts out in the middle of the ocean bringing heavy rain, wind, and thunderstorms?
a hurricane
400
How does the water that is evaporated turn into clouds?
The water that is a gas duing evaporation cools and turns into water droplets that join together to make clouds.
400
What should you do during a tornado?
Go to a storm shelter, a basement, the lowest part of your house, a closet in the middle of your house, or a bathtub.
400
What type of weather creates puddles and makes you all wet if you stand in it to long?
rainy weather
400
Name one type of cloud.
nimbus, cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds
400
What do you call a storm that produces heavy snow that makes it almost impossible to see?
a blizzard
500
Name at least 3 types of precipitation.
rain, snow, ice, hail, sleet
500
If you are at school, what do you do during a tornado warning?
Stay inside and get under the backpacks.
500
What type of weather has rain, hail, lightening, thunder, and wind?
stormy weather
500
When you see the wispy clouds called cirrus clouds, what weather forecast would you make?
no rain
500
The sound you hear during a storm is called what and the flash that you see is called what?
thunder and lightening