Hail - NSSL

Where do hailstorms form specifically?

• wind

• hurricanes

• Thunderstorm updrafts

• currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do hailstones grow?

• ice crystals collide

• Liquid water collides with ice & freezes to the surface

• water vapor freezes in a cloud

• Deposition

When hailstones are cloudy

• The water froze quickly

• The water froze slowly

• There is a lot of CCN in the hail

• The cloud was full of pollution

When hailstones are clear

• The cloud was really clean

• There was no CCN in the clouds

• The water froze quickly

• The water froze slowly.

What makes a hailstone fall from the sky?

• The storm is over

• Gravity got stronger

• The updraft became weaker than the force of gravity pulling on the hail stone

• There was no force.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Winds inside a thunderstorm can travel which way(s)?

Choose ALL that are correct

• vertically

• horizontally

• circular

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hail falls which ways?

Choose all correct answers

• straight down

• diagonal

• sideways

• up

Hailstones fall at different speeds that depend on....

Choose all that are correct

• size

• friction

• wind

• melting speed

Hail can fall up to _____ mph.

• 9 miles per hour

• 25 miles per hour

• 100 miles per hour

• 75 miles per hour

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which 3 states get the most hailstorms?

• Wyoming

• Nebraska

• Colorado

• Florida

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2