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Hurricanes
Weather Watch
Water Cycle
Jet Stream
College of Weather Knowledge
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This is the name for the calm center of a
hurricane.
http//back.boom.ru/WallPapers/01/0005.jpg
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What is the eye of a hurricane?
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The type of storm represented by the symbol below.
http//www.uscgaux.org/airsimage/hurricane.gif
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What is a hurricane?
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The wind speed at which a tropical storm becomes
a hurricane.
http//www.pbs.org/newshour/science/hurricane/imag
es/blowing-trees.jpg
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What is 74 miles per hour?
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This is the fuel or power source of a hurricane.
http//stardate.org/images/gallery/iotw_20000904.j
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What is warm ocean water?
http//images.usatoday.com/weather/photos/need2.jp
g
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This is the highest category number a hurricane
can reach when wind speeds are greater than 155
miles per hour.
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What is a category 5 hurricane?
http//www.whyy.org/tv12/franklinfacts/aug2102_1.j
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The term for day to day changes in temperature,
air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind
speed, and wind direction.
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What is weather?
http//www.wtv-zone.com/coplove/Nature/Scenic/stor
ms.jpg
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The name of the classroom lesson when you
monitored and recorded daily temperature and
weather.
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What was the Weather Watch lesson?
http//whotviowa.whotv.com/wximages/sevenday375x23
5.jpg
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The term for the average weather of an area for
many years.
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What is climate?
polar region
rainforest
http//www.egr.msu.edu/egr/publications/today/arti
cles/graphics/20030602.north.pole/5people_mountain
s.jpg
desert
http//www.chagres.com/ae-rainforest-1.jpg
http//www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/geophotos/co
llection8/images/tenga20desert.jpg
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A scientist who studies the weather.
http//www.cascadepass.com/meteorologist/meteorolo
gist.jpg
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What is a meteorologist?
Mr. Haffey at age 8
http//www.boston.com/partners/whdh/3/HarveyLeonar
d.GIF
http//www.boston.com/partners/whdh/3/ToddGross.GI
F
http//www.thebostonchannel.com/station/1013830/de
tail.html
http//www.fox25.com/
http//www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/1205mish.jpg
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The instrument that measures air pressure.
http//www.reubenheaton.co.uk/BAROMETER.jpg
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What is a barometer?
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The process of water on the Earth being used
again and again.
http//www.kidzone.ws/water/swatercycle1.gif
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What is the water cycle?
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The part of the water cycle represented by the
letter a.
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What is evaporation?
http//www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/geog/rivers
/evapor2.gif
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The part of the water cycle represented by the
letter c.
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What is precipitation?
http//www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/grayvl_sl
eet.300.jpg
http//www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_10669
74375678_2003/10/26/26hail.jpg
http//www.dgifford.ndirect.co.uk/images/folio/ima
ges/rain.jpg
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The part of the water cycle represented by the
letter d.
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What is runoff?
http//ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2001/109-12/runoff.j
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The major part of the water cycle missing from
the picture.
?
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What is the Sun?
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The narrow band of high-speed winds found 7-9
miles above the Earths surface.
http//www.astrosurf.com/lombry/Documents/jetstrea
m-canada.jpg
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What is the jet stream?
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The cardinal direction of the winds blowing in
the jet stream.
http//www.thecrowleygroup.com/Media/lgecomp.gif
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What is west to east?
North
West
East
South
http//www.accuweather.com/adc_images2/english/for
ecast/jet/400x300/us__tomjet.jpg
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This describes the temperature of the air south
of the jet stream.
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What are warm temperatures?
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This describes the temperature of the air north
of the jet stream.
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What are cool temperatures?
cool
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The average speed of winds in the jet stream.
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What are wind speeds over 200 miles per hour?
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The names of the four types of precipitation.
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What is rain, snow, sleet and hail?
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The names of the three types of clouds.
http//images.usatoday.com/weather/photos/clouds/c
umulus.jpg
http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/cld/hgh/gi
fs/crs1.gif
http//www.centennialofflight.gov/2003FF/clues/cli
part/stratus.jpg
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What are cirrus, cumulus and stratus?
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
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The comparison of water vapor present in the air
to the amount of water vapor air can hold.
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What is relative humidity?
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The force of nature responsible for bringing the
weather.
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What is the wind?
http//larnach.info/S180/images/wind.jpg
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Precipitation that starts out as rain but freezes
as it falls to the ground.
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What is sleet?