Atmosphere

Question 1

What is the term for the rain that freezes as it falls through freezing air?

Answer 1

Sleet

Question 2

What is the name of the scale used to determine the strength of tornados?

Answer 2

Fajita scale

Question 3

What is created when winds are blowing at different speeds at different altitudes?

Answer 3

Wind shear

Question 4

What is the term for something that begins as a raindrop - freezes and then is carried back into the clouds and then adds another layer of ice?

Answer 4

Hail

Question 5

What is the name of the instrument that is used to measure the air pressure?

Answer 5

Barometer

Question 6

What is the term for a severe thunderstorm with strong vertical rotation - - aka supercell?

Answer 6

Mesocyclone

Question 7

What is the term for rivers of wind height above the atmosphere that separate cool air from warm air?

Answer 7

Jet Stream

Question 8

What is the term for when water vapor turns to a liquid on a cooler object?

Answer 8

Condensation

Question 9

What is the term for a storm with lightning?

Answer 9

Thunderstorm

Question 10

What is the one thing that DEFINES a thunderstorm (what MUST be present)?

Answer 10

Lightning

Question 11

What is the term for condensation of water on grass, cars, or other cooler objects?

Answer 11

Dew

Question 12

What is the term for boundaries between air masses of different densities and temperatures?

Answer 12

Fronts

Question 13

What measures the amount of humidity in the air?

Answer 13

Hydrometer

Question 14

What is the term for the conversion of water from a liquid to a gas?

Answer 14

Evaporation

Question 15

What is created by violently rotating air mass that TOUCHES the ground?

Answer 15

Tornado

Question 16

What direction does the air in a low pressure system spins?

Answer 16

Counter clockwise

Question 17

Why are low pressure systems - low pressure?

Answer 17

The air is rising

Question 18

What direction does the air in a high pressure system spin?

Answer 18

Clockwise

Question 19

Why does a baseball in Denver fly farther than it does in New York?

Answer 19

Denver is at a higher altitude so there are less air molecules which causes less drag on the object

Question 20

What type of weather is associated with high pressure?

Answer 20

Sunny

Question 21

What type of weather is associated with low pressure?

Answer 21

Clouds and rain

Question 22

What is the distance a bolt of lightning can reach from a storm cloud?

Answer 22

10 miles

Question 23

What is given when a tornado is immanent (YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION!)

Answer 23

Tornado warning

Question 24

What cause the most damage in tornados?

Answer 24

Flying objects

Question 25

What is the term for precipitation that is formed as rain drips freeze as they fall?

Answer 25

Sleet

Question 26

What is the term for precipitation that is formed as rain freezes as it falls then is blown back up into the cloud and gets another layer of ice until it is too heavy and falls?

Answer 26

Hail

Question 27

What is the term for precipitation that is formed as water vapor freezes and forms ice crystals?

Answer 27

Snow

Question 28

What is the term for when conditions are FAVORABLE for a tornado?

Answer 28

Tornado watch

Question 29

What is the FUEL for a thunderstorm or a tornado?

Answer 29

Warm air

Question 30

About how fast does sound travel?

Answer 30

1 mile in 5 seconds

Question 31

When does lightning form?

Answer 31

1 - - Negative charges build up in the bottom of the clouds 2 - - Positive charges move up vertical objects 3 - - Electric charges jump through air from clouds to vertical objects

Question 32

What can occur when you are struck by lightning?

Answer 32

1 - - your heart can stop or be put out of rhythm 2 - - all your muscles contract at the same time throwing you backwards 3 - - water instantly turns to steam and can be burned severely

Question 33

When does evaporation occurA?

Answer 33

When water molecules become a gas

Question 34

What type of process is evaporation and why?

Answer 34

It is a cooling process because heat leaves with the molecules

Question 35

Why would you be safe in a car from lightning?

Answer 35

You are surrounded by metal