Study Guide
1. When air warms up, it causes water vapor to form. The amount of water vapor in the
atmosphere is called humidity.
2. A barometer is a great instrument to use to predict rain storms.
3. Warm weather is determined by direct sunlight.
4. A rain gauge keeps track of precipitation.
5. Lighter warm air rises and cools down causing condensation and rain.
6. In order for a hurricane or tropical storm to develop, the temperature of the ocean
surface must be 80 degrees F.
7. Live satellite images from NASA are most useful in predicting the track of a hurricane.
8. Know what anemometers do.
9. Constant high pressure in an area in summer will most likely cause a heat wave.
10. The majority of tornadoes in the southern United States occur during the spring.
11. Know what a rain gauge does.
12. Know what a rain gauge looks like.
13. Hail is a solid type of precipitation that often comes during severe thunderstorms.
14. Snow is most likely to result from temperatures below freezing.
15. A sling psychrometer is used to measure relative humidity.
16. Sleet is frozen precipitation falling as ice pellets.