Extreme weather

Extreme weather

Discuss the following questions.
1 How have extreme weather conditions impacted your local area?

2 Have you personally experienced any severe weather events due to climate change?

3 Do you believe that human activities are primarily responsible for climate change and extreme weather patterns?

4 How do you think governments and organizations should prepare for more frequent extreme weather events in the future?

5 What role do you think technology can play in predicting and managing extreme weather conditions?

Match

Match the following words with their definitions.

• a dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything

• a severe snow storm with strong wind

• heavy rain with thunder and lightning

• a large amount of water suddenly covering an area

• a large amount of snow, ice, and rock falling down the side of the mountain

tornado

blizzard

thunderstorm

flood

avalanche

• tornado

• blizzard

• thunderstorm

• flood

• avalanche

In the descriptions below choose the correct option.

Multiple Choice

The eye of the hurricane is

• it's centre

• it's peak

Multiple Choice

The Richter scale measures

• the intensity of an earthquake

• the height of a tidal wave

Multiple Choice

Hail stones are

• small rocks in lava

• small balls of ice

Multiple Choice

Fault lines are to blame for

• wildfires

• earthquakes

Multiple Choice

The magnitude of something

• is its great size.

• is its width

Multiple Choice

An aftershock is something you experience after

• a thunderstorm

• an earthquake

You are going to watch a clip about extreme weather.
Decide if the statements below are true or false.

Multiple Choice

Meteorologists did not observe any significant weather events between 2016 and 2019.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The number of extreme weather events has been decreasing for the last 40 years.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Meteorologists do not have a clear definition of weather.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Researchers can predict a region's weather with high accuracy for the next week.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Meteorologists release balloons into the atmosphere only once a day.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Climate prediction is as turbulent as weather prediction.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Climate predictions can estimate long-term temperatures, but not specific weather events.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A region's climate is determined by averaging all its weather data.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Small changes in boundary conditions have no impact on the weather system.

• True

• False

Discuss the following questions.
1 How do meteorologists define weather and climate?

2 What data is used to forecast weather predictions?

3 Why is it difficult to predict weather beyond two weeks?

4 What are boundary conditions in climate prediction?

5 How does analysing solar radiation help in predicting temperature changes?

6 What impact has Earth's surface temperature warming had on extreme weather events?

7 How do shifts in climate increase the likelihood of extreme weather events?