Weather Patterns and Severe Storms

A(n) ______ is an immense body of air that is characterized by similar temperatures and amounts of moisture.

• Front

• Cyclone

• Air Mass

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When two air masses meet, they form a _____

• Front

• Cyclone

• Storm

• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Violent windstorms that take the form of a rotation column of air called a vortex.

• Air Mass

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

Using the Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale, which rating describes a tornado that causes considerable damage, with roofs being torn off frame houses, mobile homes are demolished, and large trees are uprooted.

• F0

• F1

• F2

• F3

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hurricanes are whirling tropical cyclones that produce winds of at least ____ kilometers per hour.

• 20

• 119

• 150

• 206

The ____ is a zone of scattered clouds and calm averaging about 20 kilometers in diameter at the center of a hurricane.

• Wall

• Eye

• Death Zone

• Storm Surge

Using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, which of the following describes a storm surge of 3.7-5.4 m, severe damage to trees and signs, destruction of mobile homes, and extensive damage to doors/windows.

• Category 2

• Category 3

• Category 4

• Category 5

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A tornado _____ is issued if a tornado has been sighted or is indicated by radar.

• Watch

• Warning

• Alert

• Advisory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of air mass would we find in Kansas?

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of air mass would we find in California?

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6