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20 Cards in this Set
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How are hurricanes and tornadoes alike?
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They have:
1. strong winds 2. dangerous 3. causes property damage |
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How are hurricanes and tornadoes different?
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Hurricanes-forms over water, shaped like a donut,
a warning is given a long time before it hits Tornadoes-form over land (except for a water spout) shaped like a funnel we don't always have much warning |
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What does a CUMULUS cloud look like?
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looks like cotton balls
low in the sky called a fair weather cloud |
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What is evaporation?
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when water changes to water vapor.
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What is condensation?
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when water vapor changes to water droplets.
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What does a CIRRUS cloud looked like?
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very high in the sky
thin and look like feathers made of ice crystals |
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What is snow?
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ice crystals that fall to the ground.
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What does a STRATUS cloud look like?
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low in the sky
gray cover the sky rain clouds |
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What is precipitation?
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wen water fals to the earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
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What is a CUMULONIMBUS cloud?
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produces thunderstoms
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What is a anemometer?
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an instrument that measures wind speed.
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What is fog?
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A cloud that is close to the ground.
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What is hail?
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balls of ice that falls from the sky.
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What are the four forms of precipitation?
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1. snow
2. hail 3. sleet 4. rain |
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What is a wind vane?
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an instrument that measures wind direction.
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What is sleet?
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a mixture of rain and ice.
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What is rain?
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water that falls from the sky.
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What is a thermometer?
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an instrument that measures temperature.
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What is dew?
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water that forms on cool surfaces at night.
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What is frost?
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ice crystals that form on very cold surfaces at night.
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