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Weather, Water Cycle, Extreme Weather
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How fast does the wind speed need to be for a winter storm to be considered a blizzard?
30 mph
60 mph
42 mph
35 mph
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What is it when Sun heats up water, its dries out into vapor and rises up into the atmosphere?
Evaporation
Accumulation
Condensation
Precipitation
3
When an area has not had any precipitation for several months
hot
Drought
Arid
Dry
4
What area of the United states has the most tornadoes?
The south
Tornado Alley
Midwest
Oklahoma
5
What percent of the earths water is fresh water?
33%
13%
3%
23%
6
What are hurricanes called in Australia?
Frank
Milly Milly
Willy Willy
Chilly-Chilly
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What is it called when a funnel cloud forms and touches the ground?
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Wind Storm
Funnel Cake
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What scale do we use to measure Tornadoes?
Fujita Scale
Barometer
Fish Scale
Saffir- Simpson Scale
9
What is one of the major causes of extreme weather?
When the meteorologist casts a spell
When warm air meets cold air
When lighting strikes
When the clouds come
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What is climate?
Weather patterns that last over a long period of time
When weather changes
A quaint bed and breakfast
Weather
11
What is it called when you can not see during a blizzard because of wind and snow?
Liquid white
Sight out
White out
White Pearl
12
When an area has not had any precipitation for several weeks
hot
Drought
Dry
Parched
13
What are the 4 major factors of weather?
Sun, Plants, Animals, Humans
Wind, Temperature, Precipitation, Clouds
Wind, heat, cold, rain
Wind, Temperature, the sun, the water cycle
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People who study weather are called what?
News guy
Mr. Sylliaasen
Rain Man
Meteorologist
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Which one of these is a type of precipitation?
Snow/sleet
Rain
All of these are types of precipitation
Hail
16
What is the most common form of extreme weather in South Dakota?
Tornado
Thunderstorms
Hurricane
Blizzards
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather can change, climate can not
weather has rain, climate does not
Weather is short term, climate is long term
weather is long term, climate is short term
18
What is it called when a Meteorologist predicts the weather>
taking a shot
Guess
Hypothesis
Forecast
19
What are the three basic climate zones?
Tropical, Polar, Temper
Polar, Tropical, Temperate
Polar, Temperature, Cold
Tropical, Hot, Cold
20
When water runs off the land into oceans, lakes, rivers, stream, or puddles?
Evaporation
condensation
Run Off
Precipitation
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What is Weather?
Temperature
It's whats happening around us, outside. It is short term
Rain, snow, hail
Wind
22
When water vapor cools and turns back into water int he form of clouds
Run Off
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
23
What Scale do we use to measure Hurricanes?
Saffir- Simpson Scale
Lizard Scale
Mr. L should stay off a scale
Fujita Scale
24
When water evaporates from plants
Evaporation
Transpiration
Run Off
Condensation
25
Which step of the water cycle has rain, snow, sleet and hail falling from cloud?
Transpiration
Accumulation
Precipitation
Condensation
26
Why is it called the water " cycle"
It keeps going, it's never ending
it's a circle
The water changes
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What is the strongest type of tornado?
F5
F4
F3
F1
