Severe Weather and Floods

___________________ is a localized storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation, frequent thunder, and dangerous lightning.

• winter storm

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A typical ______________________ that strikes the United States forms in the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator during the late summer.

• tornado

• winter storm

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A ________________ is a "dome" of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane is traveling.

• tornado

• storm surge

• levee

• drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A storm ___________________ means the conditions are right for producing severe weather.

A hurricane is an example of a storm.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

There are several types of severe storms: tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms and ______________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It is a localized storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation, frequent thunder, and dangerous lightning.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

It is usually formed when air carrying lots of moisture is forced upward along a cold front.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

During thunderstorms, the warm, humid air rises rapidly, forming dense thunderheads which can bring heavy rain and hail.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cyclone's winds exceed 119 km/h, we call it a _______________.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5