Severe Weather

How do you define severe weather?

• a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean

• a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water

• dangerous weather conditions that can cause damage and/or a loss of human life

• very high temperatures that lead to a drought

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How are raindrops formed?

• water vapor is cooled and evaporates

• cool air warms and evaporates

• condensation causes water vapor to evaporate

• condensation causes water vapor to clump together

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When frozen raindrops bump into each other in a cloud an electric charge is created causing..

• Thunder

• Lightning

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

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Lightning heats up air

• True

• False

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The sound created by the rapid expansion of air due to lightning is called..

• Thunder

• Airplanes

• Raindrops forming

• a storm surge happening

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How are hurricanes put into categories?

• the amount of rain that falls

• how big the center eye is

• how fast the wind speed is

• if the water is cool or warm

A rotating storm with wind speeds over 119 km/h (74 mph) is...

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tsunami

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Why do hurricanes rotate?

• the coriolis effect

• continental deflections

• global winds

• the sun

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A huge mass of ocean water that floods land by the coast is called

• Hurricane

• Storm surge

• Rain wall

• Ocean surge

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Which one describes a tornado?

• a rotating storm with wind and rain that forms over warm ocean water

• a storm that has severe lightning, thunder, and heavy rain

• flooding that happens near the coastlines

• a rotating column of air with very high wind speed

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