Understanding God's World Quiz 18

Match the following

• air mass

• seasonal wind that brings heavy rain (p. 422)

• front

• most severe type of tropical cyclone (p. 414)

• hurricane

•  boundary between two different air masses (p. 428)

• monsoon

•  large body of air having the same temperature and humidity (p. 428)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following

• blizzard

• cyclone that develops over hot land (p. 419)

• storm surge

• thick, dark storm cloud (p. 425)

• tornado

• rise of ocean water surrounding a hurricane

  (p. 416)

• thunderhead

• severe snowstorm (p. 421)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The sound caused by lightning is called _______. (p. 413)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A cyclone rotates around a ________ area. (p. 414)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a cyclone first forms, meteorologists call it a tropical __________. (p. 415)

 Thunderstorms usually move from ___________ because of the jet stream. (p. 413)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A hurricane gets its energy from a ____ ocean. (p. 416)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A tornado _________ means a tornado has been spotted. (p. 419)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

__________ forecasts are usually more accurate. (p. 427)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6