Hurricanes and Tornados

A severe storm that involves high winds and forms over water is:

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

These can be produced by thunderstorms

• stationary fronts

• tornadoes

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where is Tornado Alley located?

• Near the equator of the Earth

• Near the North Pole

• South Central Los Angeles

• Middle states of United States

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where are hurricanes most likely to form?

• over a lake

• Arctic Ocean

• anywhere over land

• Atlantic Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This person studies the Earth's atmosphere and monitors and forecasts the weather

• Seismologist

• Meteorologist

• Volcanologist

• Geologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Severe Weather is

• hurricanes

• thunder storms

• tornadoes

• all the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How are tornados and hurricanes similar?

• They both occur over open waters

• They are both some of the least harmful extreme weather events on Earth

• No one has ever died from a hurricane or tornado

• They are both spinning columns of air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where do tornadoes pull air in from?

• The top of the tornado

• The bottom of the tornado

• From the sky near the clouds

• In the middle of the funnel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where do tornadoes eject air that they pulled in?

• The top of the tornado

• The bottom of the tornado

• In the clouds above the tornado

• In the middle of the funnel