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Question 1

How does weather move across the United States

Answer 1

West to East/From California to NC

Question 2

What weather is associated with Low Pressures?

Answer 2

Storms, rainy days, and cloudy days

Question 3

What weather is associated with High Pressures?

Answer 3

Clear, sunny days/Good, fair weather

Question 4

What weather is associated with Stratus Clouds?

Answer 4

Fog and drizzly rain

Question 5

What do Stratus Clouds look like?

Answer 5

Layers / Grey blankets that cover the sky

Question 6

What weather is associated with Cumulonimbus Clouds?

Answer 6

Sever thunderstorms, lightning, and thunder

Question 7

What weather is associated with Cumulus Clouds?

Answer 7

Fair and Sunny skies

Question 8

What do Cumulus Clouds look like?

Answer 8

Puffy / Floating pieces of white cotton

Question 9

What do Cirrus Clouds indicate and how do they look?

Answer 9

Change in weather within 24 hours / high and wispy clouds

Question 10

Which clouds are the highest in the sky?

Answer 10

Cirrus Clouds

Question 11

What do Stratus and Cumulonimbus clouds have in common?

Answer 11

Both are lower in the sky and bring stormy weather conditions.

Question 12

Which sever storm brings the most rain?

Answer 12

Hurricane

Question 13

Which storm forms over water?

Answer 13

Hurricane

Question 14

Which sever storm likely brings hail?

Answer 14

thunderstorm

Question 15

After a storm, a man walks outside and notices mall dents all over his car about the size of a golf ball. What likely caused these dents on his car?

Answer 15

Hail

Question 16

What is a jet stream

Answer 16

Fast moving air current that brings stormy weather

Question 17

What is El Niño?

Answer 17

Winter weather condition that forms in the Pacific and brings wetter winters for CA but drought conditions in Eastern regions like Africa

Question 18

What is a barometer?

Answer 18

Weather instrument that measures wind air pressure and determines if we will have precipitation

Question 19

What is an anemometer?

Answer 19

Weather instrument that measures wind speed

Question 20

What are the forms of precipitation?

Answer 20

Rain, sleet, snow, and hail

Question 21

What are the steps of the water cycle?

Answer 21

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and run-off

Question 22

You notice water bubbles forming on the outside of your glass. What is this?

Answer 22

Condensation

Question 23

Water Vapor rising from puddles, lakes, or oceans on a hot day or steam from your mom’s boiling pot to cook spaghetti noodles are both forms of

Answer 23

Evaporation