Pressure Systems and Severe Weather

A ________________ is an intense storm with strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A _________ can from when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud touches the ground.

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• flooding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Most hurricanes

• cannot be seen from space

• cross exposed land

• become dangerous category 5 storms

• lose their power when they move into cooler waters or moves over land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Winds are generated when air flows from a high pressure area into a ____.

• region of intense moisture

• cold front

• low pressure area

• storm that is already in progress

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Thunderstorms form along a cold front

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The calm area in the center of a hurricane is called the _____.

• draft

• funnel

• eye

• squall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes can produce tornadoes

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

About 75% of the world's tornadoes happen in the United States during Springs and early Summer when cold, dry from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. This relatively flat part of the country is known as ________________.

• Tornado Paradise

• Thunderstorm Lane

• Tornado Alley

• Hurricane Row

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes form at __________ pressure systems, where you have warm (typically moist/humid) air quickly rising.

• low

• high

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5