Clouds
Extreme Weather
Water Cycle
Measuring Weather
Miscellaneous
100
What type of weather would you expect from cumulonimbus clouds?
Thunderstorms and hail
100
A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
Thunderstorm
100
What step of the water cycle is liquid water falling from the clouds?
Precipitation
100
What is the weather instrument below? What does it measure?
Thermometer-measures temperature
100
The day-to-day temperature, clouds, humidty, and air pressure in a specific location.
Weather
200
What type of cloud looks like fluffy white cotton balls? What type of weather is associated with this cloud?
Cumulus
Fair weather
200
A rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. Wind speeds can reach 400 kilometers (km) per hour or more in a tornado.
Tornado
200
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
200
What is the weather instrument below? What does it measure?
Weather vane-measures wind direction
200
The average temperature, clouds, humidty, and air pressure in a specific location over a long period of time.
Climate
300
What type of cloud looks like a grey blanket covering the sky?
What type of weather is associated with this cloud?
Stratus
Light rain, sleet, or snow
300
A severe tropical storm that produces high winds and flooding in the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane
300
What part of the water cycle involves thermal energy from the sun turning liquid water into water vapor?
Evaporation
300
What is the weather instrument below? What does it measure?
Rain gauge-measures the amount of precipitation
300
A person who studies the weather is called a _________________________.
Meterologist
400
What type of cloud is feathery and wispy?
What type of weather is associated with this cloud?
Cirrus
Fair weather, but they can turn into rain clouds
400
A less-than-normal amount of rain or snow over a period of time.
Drought
400
What part of the water cycle involves precipitation collecting into ground water and natural bodies of water?
Accumulation
400
What is the instrument picture below? What does it measure?
Anemometer-measures wind speed
400
What weather is caused by high pressure?
What weather is caused by low pressure?
High=happy weather, dry, cool
Low=lousy weather, storms, wet
500
Which type of clouds would you see during extreme weather?
Hint: There are two answers!
Cumulonimbus and stratus
500
A series of waves caused by an underwater earthquake, volcano, or landslide.
Tsunami
500
What part of the water cycle has water vapor rising into the atmosphere, cooling, and turning back into its liquid state?
Condensation
500
What is the weather instrument below? What does it measure? **Hint: Not a thermometer
Barometer-measures air/atmospheric pressure
500
A type of precipitation distinct from snow, hail and freezing rain; when snow melts and then refreezes.
Sleet