Scavenger Hunt

Weather Scavenger Hunt

Instructions: 1) Read each question carefully to complete assignment. 2) Select the links under (or next to) the question. Some of the links are special words that are highlighted in purple. 3) Answer the questions. 4) After you have completed the questions, you should check your answers on the Scavenger Hunt Answer Key page.


Name: Ashley Archer (Rain)

Sub-topic name: Rain
Question: In your own words, explain how rain is formed. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-rain.htm

Found at: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-rain.htm


Sub-topic name: Rain
Question: Using this website, what month does the “wet season” normally begin in East Central Florida? http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/?n=wetdry

Sub-topic name: Rain
Question: Acid rain is a very dangerous type of rain that is becoming more of a serious environmental problem for individuals living mainly in the United States and Canada as the years go by. It is very damaging to plants, animals, water gatherings, many forests, and sometimes even people. In your own words, create 3 different ways that you and your classmates can help reduce the acid rain in your town. http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/reducing/index.html

Found at: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/reducing/index.html


Name: Samantha Fredericks (Sun)
(Image credit:partly_sunny_md_clr):http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/491-sun.html
Sub-topic name: Sun
Question: What is the sun the ultimate source of?
(Image credit:sun2):http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/491-sun.html
Sub-topic: Sun
Question: The sun affects the seasons of the earth. What season is it when the sun is higher in the sky, causing the earth to be warmer?

Sub-topic: Sun
Question: Weather is an interlocking system of cycles driven by what? An interlocking system means that the cycles work together.


Name: Darit Zweibel (Snow)

Sub-topic name: Snow
Question: What does the word precipitation mean? Is snow an example of a liquid form of precipitation?

Sub-topic name: Snow
Question: When does it snow? http://nsidc.org/snow/faq.html

(Image credit: Clip Art) found at: http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/christ-htm/image-christ15.htm

Sub-topic name: Snow
Question: Using the website below to determine whether the following statement is true or false
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/snow/science.html_.
All snow crystals have 6 sides.


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(Image credit: its.caltech.edu) found at: http://www.ashbi.com/?p=15



Name: Sammantha Pendergast (Wind)

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(Image Credit: Clip Art) Found at http://www.cksinfo.com/nature/weather/wind/index.html

Sub-topic Name: Wind
Question: What two weather factors determine 'windchill'?

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(Image credit: Charles Doswell) Found at: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/wind/wind_basics.htm

Sub-topic: Wind
Question: Where does the arcus-gust front get its name?

Sub-topic: Wind
Question: Name five types of damaging winds.



Name: Erica Schmidt (Clouds)

Sub-topic Name: Couds
Question: How are clouds formed?


(Image credit: cloud_big_blow_lg_clr.gif): http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/67-clouds.html
Sub-topic Name: Clouds
Question: A thunderstorm is produced by what type of cloud?(Image credit: Storm Clouds): http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm
Sub-topic Name: Couds
Question:What is a cirrus cloud?