Crash Course Kids - Severe Weather

What is a dangerous act of nature that puts people, animals, or buildings at risk?

• Climate

• Weather

• Severe Weather

• Time Change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which is NOT a form of severe weather?

• Light Rain

• Tornado

• Drought

• Blizzard

A fast-spinning column of air that stretches from a cloud to Earth's surface is called...?

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Blizzard

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a storm with blowing or falling snow, high winds, and cold temperatures called?

• Tornado

• Wind Storm

• Rain Shower

• Blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is another name for a hurricane?

• Big rain

• Typhoon

• Flood

• Ice

When there is too much rain that forces rivers and lakes to overflow, it is called a...

• Drought

• Lightning Storm

• Flood

• Blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the opposite of a flood?

• Rain

• Drought

• Hurricane

• Tornado

How does a drought affect the biosphere?

• There is less water

• There is less food for animals

• There are less plants

• All of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Too much rain during a flood can allow what to happen?

• Mudslides

• The ground being reshaped by fast-moving water

• Lightning damaging trees

• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or False: Severe weather is less common than day-to-day weather.

• True

• False