Weather Hunt

WEATHER!

    

Click on the links BELOW each question to answer the questions. You will usually have to scroll down the entire page. You should SKIM the page (looking for bold-faced word and picture clues) to help you find the answers. After you write the answer down on your paper, click the BACK button to get back to the hunt and go to the next question.

  1. What are the basic ingredients of weather (there are 4) AND where does our weather originate?
    http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic.html

 

  1. What causes temperature changes? (You MUST include the explanation of kinetic energy.)
    http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic1.html

 

  1. What is air pressure AND what happens when temperature goes up?
    http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic2.html

 

  1. Precipitation can fall as rain, hail, freezing rain, sleet, and snow.  Which do you think is most dangerous and why? (HINT: you have to check out EACH link to be able to answer this question.)
    http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml

 

  1. What is the jetstream and is it faster or slower in the winter?
    http://www.wildwildweather.com/wind.htm

 

  1. How wide is the jet stream and how high above the earth is it usually?
    http://www.wildwildweather.com/wind.htm

 

  1. What conditions make a storm a hurricane?
    http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_hurricanes.htm

 

  1. How high can wind speeds reach in a tornado?
    http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm

 

  1. What does it mean if nimbo appears at the beginning of a cloud name or nimbus appears at the end?
    http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

 

Use the following links for #10 and #11:

Compare the average temperatures for Eureka and Redding:

       Redding:  http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/california/redding/

       Eureka:  http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/california/eureka/

 

  1.  Look at the average MAX temperature in August for both locations.  What is Eureka’s average MAX temperature?  What’s Redding’s?  Why is the difference so large?

 

  1. Now compare the MAX temperature for both locations in January.  What happened?  WHY?  (Hint: think about the angle of the sun and the ocean’s influence on temperature.)

 

 

Thanks to the following school website for this hunt: http://lms.sau16.org/lss/classpages/gr4projects/weather.htm