Vocabulary
Severe Weather Types
Weather Tools
Weather Safety
Seasons
100
Chunks of ice that fall as precipitation
Hail
100
A storm of heavy rain that includes thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
100
This weather tool is used to measure how hot or cold it is outside.
Thermometer
100
This is the safest place to be during a thunderstorm.
Inside
100
What are the seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
200
An electric charge that happens between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area.
Lightning
200
A storm that starts over the ocean and has winds that blow at speeds strong enough to destroy trees and homes.
Hurricane
200
This weather tool measures how much rain has fallen.
Rain Gauge
200
You should prepare for a __________ by making sure you have enough food, water, and flashlights in your house.
Hurricane
200
What do some birds do before winter comes?
Migrate
300
The sound created by air moving along a lightning strike.
Thunder
300
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that is sometimes visible as a funnel-shaped cloud.
Tornado
300
This weather tool measures the direction the wind is coming from.
Weather vane or wind sock
300
Why is it a good idea to stay away from water and metal during a thunderstorm?
Because lightning is very likely to strike those things.
300
This is what we call it when we look, listen, or feel the weather outside.
Observation
400
4- This word means really bad and dangerous.
Severe
400
A severe storm caused by strong winds for a long time that blow snow around and make it difficult to see.
Blizzard
400
This weather tool measures how fast the wind is blowing.
Anemometer
400
During a tornado drill or a real tornado, where is the safest place to go?
In a room or hallway with no windows, low to the ground.
400
When the sun is directly on the northern hemisphere (the part of the earth we live in), which season is happening?
Summer
500
We say the air is ______ when it feels wet.
Humid
500
An overflowing of water on land.
Flood
500
This weather tool is used to record the weather each day so we can observe patterns and changes.
Weather journal
500
Which type of severe weather is the hardest to predict?
Tornadoes
500
Why do we have different seasons?
Because of the tilt of the earth and the rotation around the sun.