Energy from the sun warms the water on the earth causing it to do this
What is evaporate?
100
Clouds are made up of these
What are tiny ?droplets of water?
100
This measures the wind direction
What is a weather vane?
100
Which of the following is NOT a condition that can occur during a hurricane?
a. Funnel-shaped cloud
b. High winds in a circular pattern
c. Flooding
d. Huge waves
What is funnel-shaped cloud (a)?
100
The boundary between two air masses
What is front?
200
One of these is NOT a form of precipitation:
Dew
Freezing Rain
Hail
Rain
Sleet
Snow
What is dew?
200
Low to the ground, flat and gray, this cloud type often brings steady rain or snow
What is stratus cloud?
200
This measures the amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
200
A general rule of safety when a thunderstorm happens
What is stay inside/avoid water/stay away from tall objects/stay away from windows?
200
A person who studies weather changes and forecasting
What is a meteorologist?
300
As warm moist air rises, it begins to cool, which causes the water vapor in the air to do this
What condense?
300
This type of cloud? is thin, wispy, and high in the sky
What is cirrus?
300
This measures the speed of the wind
What is anemometer?
300
The difference between a tornado and a hurricane
What is a hurricane has very strong winds that form over warm water in the ocean and a tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud that has high winds and destroys everything in its path?
300
A line with triangles on a weather map
What is a cold front?
400
What form does water take as it goes from the ground back into the sky? What is this process called?
What is water vapor? What is evaporation?
400
These are “fair weather” clouds
What is cumulus?
400
This weather instrument measures the weather outside?
What is barometer?
400
The center of a hurricane or tornado
What is the eye?
400
When a warm front passes over an area, the air temperature
What is increases?
500
The correct order of the water cycle?
a. precipitation --> evaporation --> runoff --> condensation
b. evaporation --> precipitation --> runoff --> condensation
c. runoff --> evaporation --> condensation --> precipitation
What is runoff --> evaporation --> condensation --> precipitation (c)?
500
Put the three cloud types in order according to their position in the sky (highest to lowest).
What is cirrus, cumulus, stratus?
500
This weather instrument measures the temperature outside.
What is a thermometer?
500
What safety precautions to take when there is a tornado
What is seek shelter/go to the lowest floor of your house/avoid windows?