Severe Weather

What is weather?

• what's happening to your best friend

• what's happening in the air around us

• what's happening to your New York City

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

blizzard

• large storm (can be hundreds of miles wide)

  that forms over the warm waters of the ocean

  and has damaging winds, rain and storm surge

• spawned from a thunderstorm, these columns

  of spiraling air can cause devastating damage

• winter storms that can drop large amounts of

  snow on a large area in a short time

• a storm that has lightning, strong winds, heavy

  rain and possibly hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

tornado

• large storm (can be hundreds of miles wide)

  that forms over the warm waters of the ocean

  and has damaging winds, rain and storm surge

• spawned from a thunderstorm, these columns

  of spiraling air can cause devastating damage

• winter storms that can drop large amounts of

  snow on a large area in a short time

• a storm that has lightning, strong winds, heavy

  rain and possibly hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

• blizzard

• tornado

• severe thunderstorm

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

• blizzard

• tornado

• severe thunderstorm

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• blizzard

• tornado

• severe thunderstorm

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Of these types of weather, which one requires that you get under sturdy furniture or structures?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

• severe thunderstorm