What are the essential questions you should be able to answer about thunderstorms by the end of the presentation?

Understanding Thunderstorms and Lightning

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the effects of climate change on weather patterns?
How do tornadoes form, what are their types, and how can they be predicted?
What causes hurricanes, how do they form, and what are their effects?
How do thunderstorms form, what are the different types, and what is their life cycle?
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a condition necessary for the formation of a thunderstorm?
A source of moisture
A lifting of air mass
A stable atmosphere
An unstable atmosphere
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What limits the growth of cumulonimbus clouds?
The rate of condensation increases with height
The rate of condensation diminishes with height
The lack of moisture in the upper atmosphere
The presence of a stable atmosphere
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an air mass thunderstorm?
A thunderstorm caused by a warm front
A thunderstorm caused by a sea breeze
A thunderstorm caused by unequal heating of Earth's surface beneath one air mass
A thunderstorm caused by a cold front
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of thunderstorm is typically caused by advancing cold fronts?
Frontal thunderstorms
Air mass thunderstorms
Sea breeze thunderstorms
Mountain thunderstorms
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens during the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
Only updrafts of warm air occur
Only downdrafts of cold air occur
Both updrafts and downdrafts occur, forming a convection cell
The storm dissipates completely
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What marks the dissipation stage of a thunderstorm?
The updrafts of warm air stop
The downdrafts of cold air intensify
The updrafts of warm air continue
The storm becomes a supercell
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