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Storms
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What do you think it means if "nimbo" appears at the beginning or "nimbus" appears at the end of a cloud name?
What is rain?
100
This is the part of the atmosphere where weather happens
What is the troposphere?
100
This is caused when air moves from high pressure area to low pressure area
What is wind?
100
This tool measures temperature
What is a thermometer
100
The term used to describe what is happening outside such as sunny, windy, rainy
What is weather
200
The name for high wispy clouds
What is cirrus
200
The total weight of air (at sea level), in pounds, above one square inch (the size of a postage stamp)
What is 14.7 pounds
200
When the wind is blowing towards the south what would a meteorologist say is the wind direction
What is from the north?
200
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
200
This is a type of storm in which ice falls from the sky
What is a hail storm?
300
puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of floating cotton.
What are cumulus clouds
300
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
300
This is how fast winds must be for a storm to be considered a huricane
What is 74 miles per hour
300
This tool measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer
300
This type of storm comes with rain, thunder, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
400
These are thunderstorm clouds
What are cumulonimbus?
400
This is the layer of the stratosphere that protects us from ultraviolet radiation
What is the ozone layer
400
Huricane Sandyof 2012 that caused 147 direct fatalities was a category 3 hurricane. The highest wind speed was
What was 115 mph?
400
This tool measures humidity
What is a hygrometer or a sling psychrometer?
400
This is a type of storm that has high winds and brings lots of rain. It has an eye in the middle of swirling winds
What is a hurricane?
500
uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky. They resemble fog that does not reach the ground.
What are stratus clouds?
500
This is the height (in miles) you'd have to travel to be considered an astronaut. You'd be past 99.99997% of the mass of the atmosphere.
What is 62 miles?
500
When the temperature is 30 degrees F, but it feels like 20, this could be due to a phenomenon called...
What is wind chill?
500
This tool measures wind direction
What is a wind vane?
500
This type of storm is shaped like a funnel and has fast moving winds that move in a circle
What is a tornado