Weather Review

Weather Tools

100

This tool tells us which direction the wind is blowing

What is a Wind Vane (also: Weather Vane)?

200

 This tool measures the temperature

What is a Thermometer?

300

This tool tells the direction

What is a Compass?

400

This tool measures how much rain fell in a specific area

What is a Rain Gauge?

500

This tool measures wind speed

What is an Anemometer?

Weather Vocabulary

100

This word means "electricity from the sky striking the ground"

What is Lightening? 

200

This word is used to describe water falling from the sky

What is Precipitation?

300

This word describes the weather patterns in an area over a long period of time

What is Climate?

400

This word means "someone who studies and forecasts the weather"

Who is a Meteorologist? 

500

This word means "the amount of moisture in the air"

What is Humidity?

Comparing Weather

100

Is the temperature increasing or decreasing throughout the week?

What is Decreasing?

200

Which day had the strongest wind speeds?

What is Tuesday ? - 19mph

300

Which two days would you most likely need an umbrella?

Monday and Friday

400

Which month had the highest amount of precipitation?

What is May?    - about 4 inches

500

Looking at the table, we can tell that it is most likely to rain when the wind is coming from the ________.

Where is North?

Types of Weather

100

This type of weather is caused by water freezing in the clouds and falling gently to the ground

What is Snow?

200

This type of weather describes rain that freezes as it falls

What is Sleet?

300

This type of weather happens when frozen rain gets swept back up into the clouds by a strong wind and collects more water, eventually making an ice ball that falls to the ground

What is Hail?

400

This type of extreme weather event can destroy coastal areas with floods, strong winds, and thunderstorms.

What is a Hurricane?

500

This extreme weather event happens when an area goes a long time without getting rain

What is Drought?