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Sunlight
Air Movement
Clouds
Meteorology
Severe Weather
100
When the sun is directly overhead.
What is noon?
100
The pressing down of air on the earth.
What is air pressure?
100
The three main types of clouds.
What is cirrus, cumulus, stratus?
100
A large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout.
What is an air mass?
100
"Turn around, don't drown" is a slogan to keep you safe from...
What is flash flooding?
200
Of the country or the city, which area has a higher temperature?
What is the city?
200
When warm air rises and presses with less pressure on the earth, it is a...
What is low-pressure area?
200
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
200
This type of air mass may bring heavy rain, thunderstorms, or snow storms.
What is a cold front?
200
The best place to wait is in an interior room with no windows on the ground floor of your home during a
What is tornado warning?
300
The earth has more time to warm up during the summer months because...
What is there are more hours of sunlight during the summer.
300
Cold air is heavier than warm air. It pushes down harder on the earth's surface producing a...
What is high-pressure area?
300
Rain, hail, sleet, and snow are forms of what?
What is precipitation?
300
A warm front slides slowly over the top of a cold air mass and may produce what kind of weather.
What is light rain or snow for several days?
300
Don't use a telephone or take a bath or shower during one of these.
What is a thunderstorm?
400
The sun passes through the air but does not heat it. Instead it heats _________ which heat the air above them.
What is liquids and solids on the earth's surface?
400
This is a tool used to measure exact wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
Feathery clouds which mean warm weather is on the way.
What are cirrus clouds?
400
Many meteorologists get their information from what government agency?
What is the National Weather Service?
400
When a conditions are right for a tornado, but one has NOT been spotted it is a
What is tornado watch?
500
The hottest part of the day.
What is in the afternoon?
500
When air moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, it creates...
What is wind?
500
The four parts are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
What is the water cycle?
500
A meteorologist often gives a prediction of what the weather will be like for the next few days. It is called a...
What is forecast?
500
When a tornado has been spotted and you must take precautions you will be given a...
What is a tornado warning?