Extreme Weather

 _________________ use computers and satellites to forecast the weather.

• Chemist
• Geologist
• Agronomist
• Meteorologist

________ is liquid precipitation that falls in drops from the clouds.

• Snow
• Rain
• Ice
• Sleet

When tiny water droplets stay up in the air and join together, they form a ___________.

• cloud
• star
• horizon
• all of the above

Coastal floods occur when it rains very hard in places near _______________.

• the ocean
• the desert
• the mountain
• all of the above

_______________ are powerful, violent rainstorms. 

• Blizzards
• Fog
• Mist
• Thunderstorms

__________ is formed when the ground loses heat and the colder air near the ground causes water vapor to turn into a liquid. 

• Supercell
• Mist
• Tornado
• All of the above

Powerful winds called _______________ bring huge amounts of rain.  They produce so much rain moisture that rain falls for many months. 

• monsoons
• tornadoes
• hurricanes
• none of the above

When rain falls from clouds in a liquid state, but the air near the ground causes the raindrops to freeze as they hit the ground is what kind of storm?

• Tornado
• Hurricane
•  Supercell
• Ice Storm

When the cold temperatures high up in the air make the rain freeze as it comes down, _____________ occurs.

• A tornado
• A thunderstorm
• Sleet
• A hurricane

________________ are made up of tiny crystals of ice.  These small crystals join together when they are high up in the clouds and the air is too cold to melt them.

• Sleet
• Snowflakes
• Mist
• Fog