Unit 5 weather and water cycle

Which of these are components of a thunderstorm.

• thunder and gravity

• thunder and lightning

• thunder and high pressure

What weather event is described by warm, humid air rising from the ocean and circulating from a low pressure system reaching wind speeds over 120 km/hr?

• tornado

• flood

• hurricane

What is the most important factor in thunderstorm formation?

• thunder sounds

• rising warm air and sinking cool air

• lightning strikes

What do hurricanes, tornadoes and thunderstorms have in common?

• low pressure systems

• high pressure systems

• equal pressure systems

Why do most hurricanes form over tropical oceans rather than polar oceans?

• cold ocean water is needed

• warm ocean water is needed

• high pressure is needed

Describe the weather that often forms from cumulonimbus clouds.

• sunny

• thunderstorms

• drizzly rain

Hurricanes from over __________________ .

• polar waters

• land

• tropical waters

A funnel shaped column of air that touches Earth’s surface is a ____________________.

• flood

• tornado

• hurricane

Moisture forms on the outside of a glass from _____________.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

Which step in the water cycle returns water to the atmosphere from the ocean?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation