Severe Weather

How do hurricanes get their names?

• Alphabetic animal names

• Random draw

• Alphabetic people names

• The President picks

How do the conditions for a tornado differ from the conditions for a hurricane?

• Tornadoes never form when there is rain, while hurricanes always form with rain.
• Tornadoes form under low pressure, while hurricanes form under high pressure
• Tornadoes form in a stable atmosphere, while hurricanes form in an unstable atmosphere 
• Tornadoes form over land, while hurricanes form over bodies of water

What storm is a funnel shaped cloud?

• tornado
• hurricane
• thunderstorm

Which storm forms over water?

• tornado
• hurricane
• thunderstorm

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

Which one is not a severe weather?

• Blizzard

• Thunderstorm

• Sunny

• Hurricane

_______________is a dangerous act of nature that puts people, animals, and buildings at risk.

• severe weather

• sunny weather

• storms

• cloudy weather

Severe weather puts people, animals, or buildings _____

• on edge
• at risk
• at attention
• on cloud nine

A fast-spinning column of air that stretches down to the Earth's surface is called _____

• a hurricane
• a blizzard
• a tornado
• a drought

Storms with blowing or falling snow, high winds, and cold temperatures are called _____

• hurricanes
• blizzards
• tornadoes
• droughts