Extreme Weather

Some weather conditions are shown.

Weather Conditions

• Cold front moving in behind warm, moist air

• Heavy, constant winds

• Sudden hail

• Unstable atmosphere

Which type of severe event is MOST likely to occur during these weather conditions?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

• drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?

• the Gulf stream

• the jet stream

• La Niña

• El Niño

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How could La Niña affect weather during the summer in North Carolina?

• It could decrease wind.

• It could increase rainfall.

• It could decrease rainfall.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which best describes a storm that forms over warm sections of the ocean?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• hail storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which is the most useful data scientists can use to help determine drought conditions?

• weather radar and satellite pictures

• wind speed records and temperature records

• rainfall measurement and barometric pressure

• rainfall measurement and lake and river water levels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which is likely to be larger, a hurricane or a tornado?

• hurricane
• tornado

Tornadoes in the United States occur most frequently in an area called...

• Tornadoville

• Hurricane Alley

• Tornado Alley

• California Coast

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Before a hurricane reaches "hurricane status" it is called...

• ...a tornado.

• ...a tropical storm.

• ...a tropical thunder.

• ...a twister.

In the western North Pacific and Philippines, hurricane type systems are called...

• ...rain makers.

• ..."typhoons"

• ...Twister.

in the Indian and South Pacific Ocean, they are called...

• "cyclones".

• ..."droughts".

• ..."hurricanes".

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6