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The Weather Game! Ka Hana ‘Imi Na‘auao - A Science Careers Curriculum Resource Available at: www.cds.hawaii.edu/kahana Water Cycle Clouds Weather Vocabulary Hawaiian Meteorology Weather Trivia 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt It’s nature’s way of recycling H2O 3 What is the water cycle? 4 It’s the process of water changing into invisible gas called vapor 5 What is evaporation? 6 This is the amount of water vapor in the air 7 What is humidity? 8 It’s how water vapor turns into water droplets 9 What is condensation? 10 Water that is on its way to the aquifer 11 What is groundwater? 12 This grid measures cloud coverage 13 What is an okta grid? 14 White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton & are known as fairweather clouds 15 What are cumulus clouds? 16 Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way 17 What are cirrus clouds? 18 Luke Howard invented this 19 What is the classification system to name clouds? 20 Cumulonimbus or stratus clouds promise this 21 What is the occurence of rain, snow or storms 22 The state of the air at a certain time and place 23 What is weather? 24 Scientists who study weather 25 Who are meteorologists? 26 Liquid, aneroid & electronic are types of these 27 What are barometers? 28 It measures wind speed 29 What is an anemometer? 30 The weather of a place over a long time 31 What is climate? 32 Weather, currents , stars & wildlife guided them 33 Who were Polynesian navigators? 34 ‘Lewa’ means this in English 35 What is a space? 36 It helped Hawaiians know when to plant or fish 37 What is the moon? 38 Heiau were used by kahuna for this kind of meteorology study 39 What is celestial observation? 40 The comet at Kamehameha’s birth was one 41 What is ho‘ailona? (an omen) 42 5 categories are used to rate the damage & speed of these 43 What are hurricanes? 44 This can crush an aluminum can if steam is condenses inside 45 What is higher air pressure? 46 Kau & Ho‘oilo are the only 2 of these 47 What are Hawaiian seasons? 48 At sea level this is about 14 lbs per square inch (psi) 49 What is atmospheric pressure? 50 This weather prediction instrument was 1st used on the Darwin expedition 51 What is FitzRoy’s storm glass? 52