2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt Hurricanes Weather Watch Water Cycle Jet Stream College of Weather Knowledge

This is the name for the calm center of a hurricane.

What is the eye of a hurricane?

The type of storm represented by the symbol below.

What is a hurricane?

The wind speed at which a tropical storm becomes a hurricane.

What is 74 miles per hour? Speed Limit 74

This is the “fuel” or power source of a hurricane.

What is warm ocean water?

This is the highest category number a hurricane can reach when wind speeds are greater than 155 miles per hour.

What is a category 5 hurricane?

The term for day to day changes in temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed, and wind direction.

What is weather?

The name of the classroom lesson when you monitored and recorded daily temperature and weather.

What was the Weather Watch lesson?

The term for the average weather of an area for many years.

What is climate? rainforest polar region desert

A scientist who studies the weather.

What is a meteorologist? Mr. Haffey at age 8

The instrument that measures air pressure.

What is a barometer?

The process of water on the Earth being used again and again.

What is the water cycle?

a b c d The part of the water cycle represented by the letter “a.”

What is evaporation?

The part of the water cycle represented by the letter “c.” a b c d

What is precipitation? rain snow hail sleet

The part of the water cycle represented by the letter “d.” a b c d

What is runoff?

a b c d The major part of the water cycle missing from the picture. ?

a b c d What is the Sun?

The narrow band of high-speed winds found 7-9 miles above the Earth’s surface.

What is the jet stream?

The cardinal direction of the winds blowing in the jet stream.

What is west to east? North South East West

This describes the temperature of the air south of the jet stream. ?

What are warm temperatures? warm

? This describes the temperature of the air north of the jet stream.

What are cool temperatures? cool

The average speed of winds in the jet stream.

What are wind speeds over 200 miles per hour?

The names of the four types of precipitation.

What is rain, snow, sleet and hail? rain snow hail sleet

The names of the three types of clouds

What are cirrus, cumulus and stratus? cirrus cumulus stratus

The comparison of water vapor present in the air to the amount of water vapor air can hold.

What is relative humidity?

The force of nature responsible for bringing the weather.

What is the wind?

Precipitation that starts out as rain but freezes as it falls to the ground.

What is sleet?