1. A World of Weather

2. Hurricanes

3. Tornadoes

4. Winter
Storms

5. Clouds

6. Lightning

7. Wind

8. A World of Weather
Winter Storms
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Clouds
Lightning
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9. It’s what the center of the hurricane is called
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10. What is the eye?
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11. This is how hurricanes gather their energy.
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12. What is contact with warm ocean water?
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13. The evaporation of seawater does this to a hurricane
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14. What is to increase the hurricane’s power?
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15. This is what the water temperature must be in order for a hurricane to form
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16. What is 80 degrees or higher?
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17. Wind speeds in a tornado can reach up to this speed
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18. What is 300 mph?
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19. The area of the U.S. where tornadoes are most likely to occur
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20. What is the central U.S.?
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21. It is a tornado that forms over water
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22. What is a water spout?
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23. This is the area where typically more than 500 tornadoes form each year
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24. What is “Tornado Alley”?
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25. This is the point at which two air masses meet
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26. What is a front?
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27. They are what snow flakes are made of
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28. What are ice crystals?
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29. It’s the number of sides in a snow flake
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30. What is 6?
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31. Raindrops that freeze into ice pellets before they hit the ground are called this
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32. What is sleet?
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33. Clouds are white because they do this
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34. What is reflect the light of the sun?
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35. If clouds are thick enough or high enough, they turn this color
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36. What is gray?
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37. It’s the lowest level of clouds
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38. What is the stratus?
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39. This is the altitude, or height, where we find cirrus clouds
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40. What is 18,000 feet or higher?
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41. Lightning is a bright flash of this produced by a thunderstorm
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42. What is electricity?
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43. This is caused by a sound wave created by the air filling in the channel created by lightning
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44. What is thunder?
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45. It is the temperature of lightning
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46. What is 54,000 F?
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47. If you count the number of seconds between the lightning and the thunder, then divide by 5, it will tell you this
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48. What is how far away the storm is?
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49. They are the two factors necessary to form wind
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50. What are speed and direction?
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51. It is a fast flowing river of air
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52. What is the jet stream?
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53. They are warm, steady breezes toward the equator that blow almost continuously
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54. What are the “Trade Winds”?
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55. This is an area of calm water where there is no steady surface wind
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56. What are the doldrums?
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57. They are the four things that make up the Water Cycle
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They are the four things that make up the Water Cycle
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58. What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection?
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59. Resources: http://www.weatherwizkids.com http://www.weather.com

60. This game was created by:
Julie Howard
© July 2006
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