Weather Tools
Weather
Types of Weather
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Wild
100
What tool measures wind speed?
What is anemometer.
100
What includes air, temperature, water, and clouds?
What is weather.
100
A severe storm that is a spinning column of air that touches the ground.
What is tornado.
100
What does the symbol of a sun behind a cloud mean?
What is partly cloudy.
100
Clouds are made of what?
What is water droplets.
200
This cool measures air pressure.
What is barometer
200
What kind of day would you see with white, fluffy clouds?
What is warm, bright day
200
Type of storm that has low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy snowfall.
What is blizzards.
200
What harmful substance do cars and trucks cause in the air?
What is ozone.
200
What is atmosphere?
What is blanket of air that surrounds Earth.
300
What does a rain gauge do?
What is measures the amount of rain that has fallen.
300
Why are there different weather patterns in California than in South Dakota?
What is weather patterns are different by the ocean.
300
Where do hurricanes form?
What is over warm oceans.
300
Scientists use these to gather weather data all over the world.
What is satellites.
300
What type of weather should you expect from a low pressure system?
What is cloudy or rainy.
400
What is a wind vane?
What is measures the direction of the wind.
400
What type of winter weather will there likely be in a town in eastern Washington?
What is cold and dry.
400
Describe the features of a hurricane?
What is a hurricane is a huge storm with winds of at least 74 miles per hour. It forms over an ocean, and has heavy rains, strong winds, and high waves.
400
Smog and ________ are harmful to health.
What is smog.
400
What does a severe weather watch mean?
What is the storm could happen where you live.
500
What is a hygrometer?
What is tool that measures how much water is in the air.
500
If the National Weather Service puts out a tornado warning, when is a tornado likely to strike?
What is during the next few minutes.
500
Compare a hurricane and a tornado. Explain the likes and differences.
What is A hurricane and a tornado are both dangerous storms with rain and wind, and people need to find shelter. A tornado is smaller than a hurricane, but has stronger winds. A hurricane forms over an ocean, but a tornado forms beneath a thunderstorm. People know when a hurricane is going to strike, but a tornado can strike suddenly without warning.
500
When should people with breathing difficulties avoid the outdoors?
What is when there is a smog alert.
500
What do weather patterns depend on?
What is sun, water, and location.