Weather, Climate, and Natural Hazards Learning Guide
Go to badderscience.weebly.com
Go to TODAY’S LESSON MATERIALS tab
Click on Weather WizKids- Information Site
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet
of paper, or on a Word Document (write your name
and class period in a Header at the top of the page):
Have fun exploring!
Climate Tab
1. What is weather?
Lightning Tab
2. What causes Lightning?
Hurricane Tab
3. What are the 5 things a Hurricane
needs to develop? (picture)
4. How are hurricanes named?
5. What scale is used to measure
hurricanes? (chart)
Tornado Tab
6. What are the different types of
tornadoes? (look around middle of the
page…?)
7. What scale is used to measure
tornadoes? (chart)
8. In what state are tornadoes most likely
to occur in the united states? What is
this special region called?
Earthquake Tab
9. What is the sequence of events that
cause earthquakes to occur?
10. What is the scale earthquakes are
measured on? What tools are used to
measure earthquakes?
11. Has there been any recent earthquake
activity in the United States (click the
link just above the Richter scale chart)?
Volcano Tab
12. How are Volcanoes formed?
13. What are the different types of
volcanoes in the world? (list them and
describe what they look like)
14. What is so special about the Ring of
Fire? Where is it located?
Climate Tab
15. What is climate?
16. What is an el nino/la nina climate
pattern?
17. What is acid rain?
Weather Forecasting Tab
18. How do meteorologists forecast the
weather?
19. What are the different air masses that
the United States encounters, what are
their effects on our weather?
20. What are the many tools
meteorologists use to monitor the
weather, and what are their specific
functions?
----------------------Minimum--------------------------Go back to badderscience.weebly.com
Go back to TODAY’S LESSON MATERIALS tab
Click on Basics of Volcanoes. Enjoy.
Click on Learn about Earthquakes. Watch
carefully what happens in the real videos.
21. Have you ever experienced an
earthquake? What was it like, and what
did you have to do to stay safe?
Click on Discovery Channel- Storm Chasers and
Lightning.
22. Why does lightning hit objects?
Click on Why do we have different climates.
23. What are the key characteristics of each
of the climates?
Example: Tropical climate = hot, humid,
rains a lot, plants with big leaves and
long roots.
Click on Top 10 Worst Natural Disasters up to
March 2012.
24. List the disasters in order from #1 to
#10 and state why it was so bad that it
made the list.
25. What has happened since March 2012
that should be included on this list (if
anything)?
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**Look up Bill Nye – Earthquakes video, enjoy.