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38 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 major types of clouds?
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CIrrus, stratus, and Cumulus.
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Who Came up with the term Meteorology?
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Atistotle
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The Latin word Nimbus means_______?
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Rain
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What is the Latin difinition for Cirrus
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Feathery
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What is the Fujita damage scale?
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F0-F5
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Cyclones or twisters are ______?
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Tornados
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What does the Anometer do
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Measures wind speed
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What does the weather vane do?
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Measures Wind direction.
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The latin word Stratus means_______?
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Smooth-Sheet
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What did Fahrenheit invent?
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The temperature scale which 32* is freezing and 212* is boiling.
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Where is tornado alley?
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Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
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Torricelli invented the _________?
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Berometer
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What did celsius invent?
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The temperature scale from 0*(freezing) to 100*(boiling)
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What is a funnel cloud?
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A tornado that has not reached the ground yet.
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Lightning flows from ....?
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1)Within the same cloud (most often)
2) Cloud to cloud 3)Cloud to ground |
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What is a Meteorologist?
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A person who studies weather patterns and is correct 85% of the time.
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Name 2 characteristics of lightning?
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1) 54,000* F
2)Lightning heats the air. |
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What is fog?
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Low CLouds
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What are the 4 Lightning shapes?
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1)Forked
2)Ribbon 3)Ball 4)Sheet |
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What did Galileo invent?
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The thermometer.
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When is tornado season?
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March to July
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The eye of a hurricane is ____ _____ and ____
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Very clear and calm
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Do tornados occur in every State?
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Yes
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In hurricanes water temperatures are _______ or higher.
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79*
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What is a storm surge?
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Biggest Killer, Formed from rising water and high winds
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Other names for hurricanes are.......?
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Willy Willie,Typhoon, Tropical cyclone
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What do winds have to exceed to be called a hurricane?
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74 m.p.h.
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What are the 6 elements of weather?
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Temperature, Precipitation, Wind clouds, Air pressure, Humidity and Visibility
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Which way does the weather move?
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West to east.
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What is the oldest weather instrument and what does it do?
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Rain guage measures rainfall amount.
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What is the day like when there is a low pressure system?
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Cloudy, rainy day
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What kind of day is it when there is a high pressure system?
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Clear, sunny day
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Who named the clouds?
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Howard
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What does the thermometer do?
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Measures Temperature.
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In Latin Alto means______?
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High
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The 3 different type strokes are .....?
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1) Stepped Leader
2) Return 3)Dart leader |
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What did Benjamin Franklin Discover?
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Electricity
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What does Cumulus Mean in latin?
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Puffy
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