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Put a heading on your paper which includes your name and the date.
 

1.  Where is the continent of Australia, in the northern or southern hemisphere?
      http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/label/labelcontinents.shtml

     What is the climate of Australia?
     http://www.worldbook.com/fun/atw/climates/index.htm
 
 

2.  ___________________________________ is the only continent which has
     every type of climate.
     http://www2.worldbook.com/students/around_climate_namerica.asp
 
 

3.  When the temperature is 15 degrees and the wind speed is 15 mph, what is the
     wind chill factor?
     http://192.156.97.47/weather/wind-chill.html
 
 

4.  If the wind chill factor is only 3, what is the temperature and the wind speed?
     There is more than one correct answer.
     http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/wind-chill.html

        temperature:  _________            wind speed:  _________
 

5.  What are the 3 forms of water?
     http://www.wxdude.com/page25.html

       1.

       2.

       3.

6.   Look at this picture of the Water Cycle.  How would you describe condensation?
      http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/cycle/cycle.htm
 
 
 

7.  How are clouds formed?
     Scroll down to find the answer.
     http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/teachers_guides/module7_clouds_e.html
 
 
 
 
 

8.  What are two words you could use to describe cirrus clouds?
      http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/cirrus.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
 
 

9.  Cirrus clouds look like  s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
     Look at the cloud pictures at these websites.

     http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/cirrus.html
 

10.  In which atmospheric layer can all forms of clouds be found?
       To find this answer click on Clouds.
       http://library.thinkquest.org/15325/findex.html
 
 

11.  What are the 3 things needed for a thunderstorm to take place?
       http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm

        1.

        2.

        3.

12.  On a weather forecast map, a hurricane is represented by a special symbol.
       Draw it.
       http://library.thinkquest.org/15325/findex.html
 
 

13.  A cyclone is a hurricane which occurs in the _______________ Ocean.
       Check the "Disasters" page.
       http://library.thinkquest.org/15325/findex.html

14.  If there are 106 mph winds during a hurricane, which category storm is it?
       Check the "Disasters" page.
       http://library.thinkquest.org/15325/findex.html
 

15.  Look at the weather webcam pictures of Mt. Washington.
       http://www.mountwashington.org/cam/index.html

        Study the picture.  What do you see?
 
 

       http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/today.html
       Take a look at today's conditions.
       Record the data below.