Severe Weather

Front

A ________________ is an intense storm with strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.

Back

thunderstorm

Front

Electricity may flow within the cloud also flow between the cloud and the ground. These electrical currents are _________________.

Back

lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

When lightning moves through the air, the air gets very hot. The hot air expands rapidly. As it expands, it makes the air vibrate. These vibrations release energy in the form of sound waves called ______________.

Back

thunder

Front

A _________ can form when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud, touches the ground.

Back

tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

A tornado begins as a ___________ cloud that pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud.

Back

funnel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

Back

hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What is the sound created by the sudden expansion and contraction of air due to lightning called?

Back

thunder

Front

Most hurricanes

Back

lose their power when they move into cooler waters or moves over land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Winds are generated when air flows from a high pressure area into a ____.

Back

low pressure area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Thunderstorms form along a cold front

Back

True

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5