Weather Project
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Use the information on this website to fill in the tables) and answer the questions:
Hurricanes
Width
Range of wind speed
Center of the hurricane
Ocean Water Temperature
Range in Latitude
When is hurricane season
Who currently names hurricanes
Other names for hurricanes
Highest Category for a hurricane
Tornadoes
Wind Speeds
Length of Damage Path
Average number per year
What is a waterspout
When is tornado season
What time of day do they happen
Do we live in tornado alley
How many tornadoes occur in the alley
Highest Scale for a tornado
Winter Storms
How many sides are on a snowflake
How many crystals in a snowflake
What is wind chill
What is frostbite
Clouds
Type of Cloud
Description (from website)
Looks like… (from YOU)
Rain
Size of raindrops
Speed of falling raindrops
What is the #1 weather related killer in US
What percent are in cars
What is radar
Lightning
Number it kills and injures each year
How hot is lightning
What color is lightning
How do you know if lightning is near
How do you tell the distance to lightning
Wind
What is wind
What is the Jet stream
What are trade winds
What are doldrums
How can wind help the Earth
What description is given to wind at 10 on the Beaufort scale
Temperature
75 degrees Fahrenheit = ?? Celsius
35 degrees Celsius = ?? Fahrenheit
What is wind chill index
What is heat index
122 degrees would have what affect on the body
What is the temperature in Odessa NOW
Climate
Part of the Climate System
What it is
Optical Illusions
Why is the sky blue
What is a rainbow
Can a rainbow appear at night
What are northern lights
How high up are the lights actually
What is a blue moon
What is a mirage
Weather Instruments
Instrument
Used for
Looks like