Thunderstorms and Tornados

Thunderstorms and Tornados

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What will happen when a hurricane hits land or cooler waters? why? (to get full credit, you need to explain in your own words)

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The lightning that connects the clouds to the ground forms

• from the ground to the clouds

• from the cloud to the ground

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Why does lightning form?

• positive and negative charges come close together when they are attracted

• positive and negative charges are separated from winds in the cloud

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How does most lightning form?

• among the charges inside a cloud

• between two points on the surface of the earth

• an electrical charge between the cloud and the ground

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For cloud to ground lightning to form, the negative charges move towards the ground in a

• electron cloud

• stepped leader

• electric spark

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In an upward leader

• positive charges are attracted towards the negative charges and move upward

• the wind carries moisture and warm air upwards towards the positive charges in the clouds

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Tornados usually form from

• former hurricanes

• supercells

• high pressure systems

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Tornadoes are rated based on

• its location

• its wind speed

• its shape

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The name of the rating scale for Tornados is abbreviated as

• TS

• ROT

• EF

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the most dangerous tornadoes are

• EF 1

• EF 5

• EF Z

• EF 10

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Need exactly the right conditions to form

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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forms over land

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Both

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Has faster winds

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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covers a larger area of land

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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Can cause severe damage from wind

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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Is harder to forecast because it can form in seconds

• hurricanes

• tornados

• both

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has spinning air

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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Will affect an area for hours

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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The rain can be as damaging as or more damaging than the wind

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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Causes quick, severe damage, over a smaller area of land

• hurricane

• tornado

• both

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formed at low pressure

• hurricane

• tornado

• both