Severe Weather

Severe Weather

What causes severe weather?

Fronts, Warm Fronts, Cold Fronts

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Cold dense air slides underneath warm air. The warm air is forced up, cools, and condenses.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Brings some clouds and gentle rains.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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What should you do during a thunderstorm?

• look for shelter

• stand under a tree

• carry metal objects

• play in the water

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True or False, Lightening is hotter than the surface of the sun.

• False

• True

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How did thunderstorms get their name?

• hard rain

• from the lightning and thunder they produce

• dark clouds

• strong strong winds

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What type of storm shoots fire from the clouds?

• hurricane

• lightening storm

• blizzard

• tornado

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A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that moves across the ground in a narrow path

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Thunderhead

• Cyclone

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a rounded, projecting head of a cumulus cloud, in which thunderstorms form

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Thunderhead

• Cumulonimbus cloud

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Where do hurricanes happen?

• The South Pacific

• The Indian Ocean

• The Antarctic

• The Atlantic Ocean

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Why does a hurricane slow down when it hits land?

• The wind stops it

• It stops raining

• It loses its energy source

• The air is different

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What is the calmest part of a hurricane?

• Eye

• Eye Wall

• Storm surge

• Edge

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What is the most powerful part of a hurricane?

• Eye

• Eye Wall

• Storm surge

• Edge

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Strong, often violent winds that change direction with the season. The winter is dry and the summer is wet.

• Hurricanes

• Typhoons

• Tsunamis

• Monsoons

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All of the following are physical processes EXCEPT

• Monsoons

• Earthquakes

• tsunamis

• pollution

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What is monsoon?

• It is a seasonal wind which lasts for several months.

• It is a simple wind which lasts for several months.