Name: Bradon Prewitt
WINTER WEATHER WATCH
Directions: What do you know about winter weather?
Use the information you find at the Web
site below to complete the statements on this page.
Write the correct word or words on the blank lines in
each sentence.
Web Resources:
All About Winter Storms
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/index.htm
1. Winter storms get their energy from the clash of two Hot and Cold air.
2. In North America, most winter storms form when cold, dry air from Canada
interacts with warm, moist air from The Gulf Of Mexico
3. The point where two air masses meet is called a Front
4. In order to be called a blizzard, a winter storm must have winds of 40 km/h (25 mph) or more
5. Winter storms usually start along a front.
Something to Think About: How does your family prepare for storms?
Learn More: Go to Interactive Weather Maker at
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm
and learn
how to make it snow!
how much of a change in temperature is needed to make it snow?
It has to be freezing or below
What was your Equator Temperature 70 degrees F and 20 degrees C? What was your Poplar Temperature?65
What was your relative humidity 100
What were your results?______________________________________________________
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