Weather Tools
What tool measures the direction of the wind?
What is wind vane
Rotating funnel shaped wind
What is a tornado
What kind of precipitation could come down out of the clouds in the precipitation stage?
What is rain, sleet, hail, and snow
Which type of precipitation occurs during a thunderstorm?
What is rain
What are clouds made of?
What is water?
What measures precipitation fall?
What is a rain gauge
What is the worst scaling a hurricane could be rated?
What is a 5
What is it called when water rises into the air?
What is evaporation
What types of precipitation could come at 32 degrees fahrenheit?
What is snow, hail, and sleet
What cloud occurs when a thunderstorm happens?
What is Cumulonimbus clouds
What does a barometer do?
What is a barometer measures air pressure
How are tsunamis formed?
What is an earthquake under the ocean
What comes after precipitation in the water cycle?
What is evaporation
What is a warm and cold front?
What is a warm front is when warm air rises over cold air and a cold front is when the cold air rises over the cold air
What weather comes from Stratus clouds?
What is drizzle to light rain
What does a hygrometer measure?
What is a hygrometer measures the amount of water in the air
What occurs in the eye of a hurricane?
What is severe weather, storms, and winds
What are the 3 main stages of the water cycle?
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
What happens when a warm and cold front combine?
What is a mixed front
What are Cirrus clouds like?
What is thin and feathery
Name the 5 main weather tools
What are hygrometer, barometer, anemometer, wind vane, and rain gauge
What was the highest recorded earthquake?
What is 9.5
What process occurs when water changes from a gas to a liquid?
What is condensation
What weather is associated with high pressure and what is associated with low pressure?
What is clear and cool for high pressure and warm and wet for low pressure
Name the 4 main clouds and what they are like.
What are
Cirrus clouds- feathery and thin
Stratus clouds- smooth and gray
Cumulus clouds- fluffy and white
Cumulonimbus clouds- dark and large