1. How does weather follow patterns?
Earth Science Chapter 6
How does weather follow patterns?

2. On what kind of day would you see white, fluffy clouds?

3. A warm, bright day

4. What type of winter weather will there likely be in a town in eastern Washington?

5. Cold and dry

6. What tool should a scientist use to measure air pressure?

7. barometer

8. What type of severe storm is a spinning column of air that touches the ground?

9. A tornado

10. Where do hurricanes form?

11. Over warm oceans

12. When should people with breathing difficulties avoid the outdoors?

13. When there is a smog alert

14. What harmful substance do cars and trucks cause in the air?

15. ozone

16. If the National Weather Service puts out a tornado warning, when is a tornado likely to strike?

17. During the next few minutes

18. What does the picture of the sun behind a cloud mean on a weather map?

19. Partly cloudy weather

20. What type of storm has low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy snowfall?

21. A blizzard

22. What tool does a scientist use to measure the amount of rain that has fallen over a period of time?

23. A rain gauge

24. The following are examples of what kind of storm?
It forms over oceans
It has winds of at least 74 miles per hour
Heavy rains, strong winds, and huge waves cause damage
People usually know about them before they strike

25. A hurricane

26. The following are examples of what kind of storm?
A spinning, funnel shaped column of hot air that touches the ground
Much smaller than hurricanes
Winds are stronger than that of a hurricane
They form beneath thunderstorm clouds
They can form suddenly and without warning

27. A tornado

28. Vocabulary

29. What the air is like outside
What the air is like outside. It includes the kinds of clouds in the sky, the amount of water in the air, and how the wind is blowing…

30. weather

31. The blanket of air that surrounds the Earth…

32. atmosphere