Weather Scavenger Hunt

 

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1. Where are hurricanes born?

 

2. What are the two main parts of a hurricane?

 

3. What is humidity?

 

4. Check out some pictures of lightning.

 

5. How many sides does each snowflake have?

 

 

 

6. Name five kinds of Precipitation.

 

7. How many times a day does lightning hit Earth?

 

 

 

8. What is the blanket of air that surrounds the earth called?

 

9. Which instrument is used to measure

 

    air pressure ________________________

 

    temperature _______________________

 

    wind speed _________________________

 

10. What is the major influence governing the climate of a region?

 

11. What are the large clouds that sometimes look like huge puffs of cotton?

 

 

 

 

 

12. What is fog?

 

13. What are the basic ingredients of weather (there are 4)

 

 

 

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