A World of Weather http://www.weather.com

Hurricanes www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/311.htm

Tornadoes www.weatherbook.com

Winter Storms www.ucar.edu/research/storms/winter.shtml

Clouds

Lightning http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/svr/dngr/gifs/light1.gif

Wind http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/wind/images/wind_11-12-03.gif

A World of Weather Winter Storms Hurricanes Tornadoes Clouds Lightning Wind 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 Team One Team Three Climate Team Two Team Four

It’s what the center of the hurricane is called Show Answer http://weather.cod.edu/satellite/regional/northcentral-ir.gif

What is the eye? Back to Board

This is how hurricanes gather their energy. Show Answer

What is contact with warm ocean water? Back to Board

The evaporation of seawater does this to a hurricane Show Answer

What is to increase the hurricane’s power? Back to Board

This is what the water temperature must be in order for a hurricane to form Show Answer

What is 80 degrees or higher? Back to Board

Wind speeds in a tornado can reach up to this speed Show Answer

What is 300 mph? Back to Board

The area of the U.S. where tornadoes are most likely to occur Show Answer

What is the central U.S.? Back to Board

It is a tornado that forms over water Show Answer

What is a water spout? Back to Board

This is the area where typically more than 500 tornadoes form each year Show Answer

What is “Tornado Alley”? Back to Board

This is the point at which two air masses meet Show Answer

What is a front? Back to Board

They are what snow flakes are made of Show Answer

What are ice crystals? Back to Board

It’s the number of sides in a snow flake Show Answer

What is 6? Back to Board

Raindrops that freeze into ice pellets before they hit the ground are called this Show Answer

What is sleet? Back to Board

Clouds are white because they do this Show Answer

What is reflect the light of the sun? Back to Board

If clouds are thick enough or high enough, they turn this color Show Answer

What is gray? Back to Board

It’s the lowest level of clouds Show Answer

What is the stratus? Back to Board

This is the altitude, or height, where we find cirrus clouds Show Answer

What is 18,000 feet or higher? Back to Board

Lightning is a bright flash of this produced by a thunderstorm Show Answer

What is electricity? Back to Board

This is caused by a sound wave created by the air filling in the channel created by lightning Show Answer

What is thunder? Back to Board

It is the temperature of lightning Show Answer

What is 54,000 F? Back to Board

If you count the number of seconds between the lightning and the thunder, then divide by 5, it will tell you this Show Answer

What is how far away the storm is? Back to Board

They are the two factors necessary to form wind Show Answer

What are speed and direction? Back to Board

It is a fast flowing river of air Show Answer

What is the jet stream? Back to Board

They are warm, steady breezes toward the equator that blow almost continuously Show Answer

What are the “Trade Winds”? Back to Board

This is an area of calm water where there is no steady surface wind Show Answer

What are the doldrums? Back to Board

They are the four things that make up the Water Cycle Climate They are the four things that make up the Water Cycle Show Answer

What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection? To End

Resources: http://www.weatherwizkids.com http://www.weather.com www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/311.htm www.weatherbook.com www.ucar.edu/research/storms/winter.shtml http://www.netjeff.com http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/svr/dngr/gifs/light1.gif http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/wind/images/wind_11-12-03.gif http://weather.cod.edu/satellite/regional/northcentral-ir.gif

This game was created by: Julie Howard © July 2006 End It