Storms

_______ pressure system create thunderstorms

• High

• Low

Low pressure = ________ weather

• clear

• bad

• warm

• low

__________ form from warm moist air

• hail

• sleet

• thunderstorms

• lightning

Thunderstorms are produced when:

• warm, humid air rises rapidly, cools, condenses into rain, rain falls, while constant updraft of warm air feeds the storm

• cool, humid air rises rapidly, cools, condenses into hail, hail falls, while constant updraft of cool air feeds the storm

• warm humid air falls rapidly, cools, condenses into rain, rain falls, while constant downdraft of warm air feeds the storm

• cool, humid air falls rapidly, cools, condenses into rain, rain falls, while constant downdraft of cool air feeds the storm

_______ is often produced in a thunderstorm

• sleet

• snow

• lightning

• tropical depressions

Lightning is a huge stream of ______

• kinetic energy

• static electricity

• potential energy

• solar energy

Which comes first in a thunderstorm?

• Thunder

• Lightening

• High pressure system

• Hail

Effects of lightning include:

• flash floods

• high winds

• hail

• sleet

________ forms from severe thunderstorms

• tornados

• cyclones

• water spouts

• tsunamis

A tornado is a:

• violent, rotating column of air, that stretches from the clouds to the ground

• violent, weather occurrence, with high waves crashing over the beaches and river banks

• violent rotating wind pattern, with an "eye" in the center

• violent weather occurrence with heavy blowing snow