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Clouds
Weather Facts
Front Facts
Climate
Bonus Weather
100

What are clouds made of?

What is water vapor and dust particles

100
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
100

What's it called when when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass?

Front

100

What climate zone is cold and has ice, and snow?

Polar

100

Name 3 natural disasters

Ex: tornado, flood, mudslide, earthquake, volcano, blizzard, etc.

200
Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus
200
When clouds become saturated it begins to
What is rain
200

A red line with semi circles on it is the symbol for a?

What is warm front

200

I am known for having "moderate" temperatures.

Temperate climate

200

What natural disaster includes a column of rotating air?

a tornado

300
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
300
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
What is precipitation
300

What type of weather is associated with a cold front?

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

gusty winds, cold temperatures, heavy rain, thunder and lightning

300

Describe the weather from the tropical zone climate

Hot and humid, with lots of rain.

300

Negatively charged electrons that build up in a cloud can be released as: 

lightning 

400
what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
400

Negatively charged _______________ in a cloud can produce lightning.

electrons

400

The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it

Triangle

400

Tropical zones typically are very close to this "imaginary" line that splits the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere.

The Equator

400

What are the 3 events that cause weather/storms (Bill Nye)

the heat of the sun, water vapor in the air, the earth's rotation

500

When warm air rises, cools and becomes a cloud, _____________________ has occurred. (part of the water cycle)

 condensation

500
Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
What is a meteorologist
500
warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
What is warm
500

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is day to day, climate is over a long period of time.

500

Name 2 effects of El Nino

Unusual weather, warm water, violent storms, death of sea life