Weather and Climate Quiz

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a huge electrical spark moving

between areas of opposite charge

• hurricane

• tornado

• lightning

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a storm that often starts with strong, quickly rising currents of moist air

• hurricane

• tornado

• lightning

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Choose the word that matches the definition:

storms that get their energy from warm ocean water

• hurricane

• tornado

• lightning

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: A severe storm warning means that severe thunderstorms have formed and people should get inside.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True or False: Different areas of a thunderstorm cloud have positive and negative electrical charges.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

True or False: Hurricanes usually only last a few minutes.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True or False: When water vapor from the ocean condenses, it releases energy that can build into a hurricane.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It is important to know how to deal with severe weather. Explain how you should prepare for a hurricane.

• go to a basement

• board up windows

• prepare food, water, and supplies

• secure loose objects outside

Convection currents form when air temperature are

• Different

• The same

• Less than 0 degrees C

• Greater than 0 degrees C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes get their energy from

• Cool ocean waters

• Warm ocean waters

• Increasing land temperatures

• Decreasing land temperatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6