QUESTIONS
- If cows are lying down in a field, what weather does this traditionally foretell?
- What is the name given to a column of swirling dust or soil raised into the air by a small whirlwind?
- There are three bands of climate in the world: tropical, polar and which other?
- What are the long curving lines on a weather map, designating areas of equal pressure called?
- What can be cumulus, stratus or lenticular?
- Which weather system brings cloudy skies, wings and rain?
- Who was the Norse god of thunder?
- When there is a thunderstorm, why do you see the lightning before you hear the thunder?
- What is given to the mixture of fog and smoke?
- In which country is the hottest place in the world?
- Why do metal pipes often burst when the water inside turns to ice?
- The coasts of which countries experience the strong, dry and cold north westerly wind called the mistral?
- What shape is a tornado?
- What does an anemometer measure?
- Pine cones are often used by amateur weather forecasters. What happens if the weather is about to turn wet?
- What is the name given to the white ice that forms on the branches of trees in very cold weather?
- How many different patterns of snow flakes are there?
- Hurricanes cause tremendous damage. What is the ring of low pressure at the centre of the storm called?
- What can be ribbon, rocket, streak or sheet?
- An anticyclone brings what type of weather to the area it covers?
- What name is given to the torrential rain experienced in India for six months beginning in May?
- Weather occurs in the troposphere where most water vapour exists. Where do airliners fly to avoid too many bumps?
- The special type of blue-green lightning that clings to the wing tips of most aircraft is known as what?
- As the old saying goes a red sky a night means 'shepherd's delight', what does a red sky in the morning mean?
- What do we call the refraction, reflection and dispersal of the suns rays caused by raindrops in the sky?
ANSWERS
- Rain
- Dust devil
- Temperate
- Isobars
- Clouds
- Depression
- Thor
- Light travels faster than sound
- Smog
- Ethiopia
- Water expands when it freezes
- Spain and France
- Funnel-shaped
- Wind speed
- The scales close up
- Rime or hoarfrost
- Millions
- Eye
- Lightening
- Settled weather
- Monsoons
- The stratosphere
- St. Elmo's fire
- Shepherd's warning
- A rainbow