Weather/Climate
Bad Weather
Safety
Weather Tools
Tools
What is the weather?
100
I am something that can change from day to day outside.
Weather
100
This has very heavy winds, circling in a cone shape down from the clouds and can damage homes and cars.
Tornado
100
Stack these kind of bags to protect your home from a flood.
Sandbags
100
I measure the temperature
thermometer
100
This is a rise of water with no place to go.
Flood
100
Can be considered a type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see
Fog
200
What the weather is like in a specific area over a long period of time.
Climate
200
This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain usually starting in the ocean and moving towards coastline cities.
Hurricane
200
This type of climate is close to the equator.
Tropical
200
I measure the air pressure
Barometer
200
We use this on roads to help melt the ice in wintertime.
Salt
200
Heavy rain usually occurs during what type of weather?
Storms
300
Check this to help decide what you are going to where today.
Weather forecast
300
This has rain, thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
300
This climate is always cold and there is a type of bear named after it.
What is Polar?
300
I am a scientist that predicts the forecast.
Meteorologist
300
This is a continuous period of dry weather. Hint: Starts with the letter "D".
Drought
300
True/False: the colder the air, the more water/humidity it can hold?
false
400
December in the Northern Hemisphere but July in the Southern Hemisphere.
Winter
400
This is the same as a hurricane but appears in the South Pacific. Different name...
Cyclone
400
Not much rain occurs in this climate.
Desert or Arid
400
I measure wind speed
Anemometer
400
Two other names to describe a hurricane (Hint - depends where in the world it is)
Typhoon, Cyclone
Hurricane is given to systems that develop over the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Oceans. In the western North Pacific and Philippines, these systems are called "Typhoons" while in the Indian and South Pacific Ocean, they are called "Cyclones".
400
Snow that begins to melt as it reaches the ground, but doesn't melt completely
Sleet
500
Most of Somalia and much of other African countries are this type of climate.
Desert
500
A shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth or from an earthquake below the ocean
Tidal wave or Tsunami
500
Small iced balls raining down creating damage
Hail
500
A weather variable that is measured in percentage
relative humidity or humidity
500
These objects carry weather instruments up into the air and send data back to Earth to help meteorologists forecast the weather.
Weather balloons
500
The drizzle equivalent of snow -- very light snow that isn't strong enough to accumulate.
Flurries