Science - Weather b

Question 1

how do we try to control the weather

Answer 1

cloud seeding and using lasers to ‘attract’ lightning bolts

Question 2

which cloud type is on the top

Answer 2

cirrus

Question 3

what is a cirrus cloud

Answer 3

wispy thin clouds that are associated with fair weather

Question 4

what cloud type is in the middle

Answer 4

cumulus/ cumulonimbus

Question 5

what is a cumulus cloud

Answer 5

piled up “puffy” clouds that are associated with fair, sometimes rainy weather

Question 6

what cloud type is at the bottom

Answer 6

stratus

Question 7

what is a stratus cloud

Answer 7

smooth layers or sheets of clouds that are associated with a steady drizzle or rain

Question 8

what is a cumulonimbus

Answer 8

dark, tall, and billowing clouds that are associated with thunderstorms

Question 9

what forms tornadoes

Answer 9

a rotating column of air that condenses water vapor into clouds in a low pressure area during a thunderstorm. when the cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado

Question 10

what forms thunderstorms

Answer 10

warm humid air being launched up towards the sky, condensing, and thunderstorming down on us

Question 11

what forms hurricanes

Answer 11

rotating column of air over water during a thunderstorm that becomes a hurricane when the wind reaches 74 miles per hour

Question 12

name and explain the stages of a cloud’s development

Answer 12

water vapor rises into the air and condenses onto particles as ice or liquid water. they clump together and form clouds