Download Name: WINTER WEATHER WATCH Directions: What do you know

Name: ____________________________
WINTER WEATHER WATCH
Directions: What do you know about winter weather?
Use the information you find at the Web
site below to complete the statements on this page.
Write the correct word or words on the blank lines in
each sentence.
Web Resources:
All About Winter Storms
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/index.htm
1. Winter storms get their energy from the clash of two. Air masses
2. In North America, most winter storms form when cold, dry air from interacts with warm, moist air from.
an air mass of cold, dry, Canadian air moves south and interacts with a warm, moist air mass moving north from the Gulf of
Mexico
3. The point where two air masses meet is called a. front
4. In order to be called a blizzard, a winter storm must have winds of. 35 miles per hour
5. Winter storms usually start along a front. Stationary
Something to Think About: How does your family prepare for storms?
Learn More: Go to Interactive Weather Maker at
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm
and learn
how to make it snow!
how much of a change in temperature is needed to make it snow?
32 degrees
What was your Equator Temperature? 60 degrees What was your Poplar Temperature? 25 degrees
What was your relative humidity? 100%
What were your results? It snowed
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