Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them. These clouds can stretch over the whole sky and remind some people of blankets or sheets of gray.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
This weather instrument is used to measure snowfall. This unit is used to describe the amount.
What is a ruler and inches?
100
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
A gas that is all around objects, whether they are motionless or falling. A gas that takes up space.
Who are air?
200
A weather instrument that is used to measure rain fall. (Unit?)
What is a rain gauge and inches?
200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is the lowest level of the building?
300
The process of water falling from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
What is precipitation?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way. Some people think of these as wispy clouds or horse's tails.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
The force that air exerts on an object moving through it. This is what makes a parachute work and helps to slow it's descent.
What is a air resistance?
300
A weather instrument that measures wind direction. Points in what direction?
What is a a wind vane? (A wind vane point to the direction the wind is coming from).
300
April through June
What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400
When you blow up a balloon this is created inside of a balloon. When we let go of the tip of the balloon, this pushed out and pushed the balloon.
What is compressed air?
400
A weather instrument that measures wind speed.
What is a anemometer?
400
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
500
the process of water collecting in lakes, rivers, or oceans that has fallen.
What is runoff or accumulation?
500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
A weather instrument that is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
Scale used rate the damage and speed of tornadoes
and/or
Scale used to describe different wind strengths.
What is the Fujita scale (F-scale)?
What is the Beaufort Wind Scale?