A World of
Weather
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www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/311.htm
www.weatherbook.com
www.ucar.edu/research/storms/winter.shtml
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Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Winter
Storms
Clouds
Lightning
Wind
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Climate
It’s what the center of
the hurricane is called
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What is the eye?
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This is how hurricanes
gather their energy.
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What is contact with
warm ocean water?
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The evaporation of
seawater does this to a
hurricane
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What is to increase the
hurricane’s power?
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This is what the water
temperature must be in
order for a hurricane to
form
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What is 80 degrees or
higher?
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Wind speeds in a
tornado can reach up to
this speed
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What is 300 mph?
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The area of the U.S.
where tornadoes are
most likely to occur
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What is the central
U.S.?
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It is a tornado that
forms over water
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What is a water spout?
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This is the area where
typically more than 500
tornadoes form each
year
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What is
“Tornado Alley”?
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This is the point at
which two air masses
meet
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What is a front?
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They are what snow
flakes are made of
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What are ice crystals?
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It’s the number of sides
in a snow flake
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What is 6?
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Raindrops that freeze
into ice pellets before
they hit the ground are
called this
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What is sleet?
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Clouds are white
because they do this
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What is reflect the light
of the sun?
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If clouds are thick
enough or high enough,
they turn this color
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What is gray?
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It’s the lowest level of
clouds
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What is the stratus?
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This is the altitude, or
height, where we find
cirrus clouds
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What is 18,000 feet or
higher?
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Lightning is a bright
flash of this produced
by a thunderstorm
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What is electricity?
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This is caused by a sound
wave created by the air
filling in the channel
created by lightning
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What is thunder?
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It is the temperature of
lightning
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What is 54,000 F?
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If you count the number
of seconds between the
lightning and the
thunder, then divide by
5, it will tell you this
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What is how far away
the storm is?
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They are the two
factors necessary to
form wind
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What are speed and
direction?
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It is a fast flowing river
of air
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What is the jet stream?
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They are warm, steady
breezes toward the
equator that blow
almost continuously
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What are the “Trade
Winds”?
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This is an area of calm
water where there is no
steady surface wind
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What are the
doldrums?
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Climate
They are the four
things that make up
the Water Cycle
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What are
evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, and
collection?
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Resources:
http://www.weatherwizkids.com
http://www.weather.com
www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/311.htm
www.weatherbook.com
www.ucar.edu/research/storms/winter.shtml
http://www.netjeff.com
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/svr/dngr/gifs/light1.gif
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/wind/images/wind_11-12-03.gif
http://weather.cod.edu/satellite/regional/northcentral-ir.gif
This game was created by:
Julie Howard
© July 2006
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