Severe Weather

What is severe weather?

• Dangerous acts of weather that puts animals, people, or buildings at risk.

• Bad weather like a rainstorm

• Weather caused by the water cycle that is dangerous

• Deadly weather that happens every single day

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What are thunderstorms?

• a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail
• a storm that can be the same as thunderstorms, but even more dangerous
• a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
• a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges

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A severe storm that involves high winds and forms over water is:

• tornado
• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• blizzard

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A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm
• blizzard

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What is a drought?

• When there is less precipitation than normal for a certain amount of time, leading to a decrease in water supply.

• When it does not snow for a long period of time and there is not enough snowflakes.

• When it is too hot for a long period of time and there is too much sun.

• When there are too many clouds in the sky.

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Why is a blizzard a fierce storm?

• rain

• high winds and heavy snow

• damage

• flooding

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Blizzards are dangerous because...

• Snow cover happens slowly over time

• Winds are strong and snowfall is heavy

• Snowfall is slow and temperatures are above freezing

• They last for short periods of time

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What happens if a hurricane moves over land or cold ocean water?

• it will get stronger
• it will get weaker
• it will upgrade its category
• it will morph into a typhoon

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Lightning heats the air so much that the air expands. The sound created by the sudden expansion and contraction is called _______________________.

• expansion

• thunder

• radar

• lightning

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

• draft

• funnel

• eye

• squall

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