Supercells

What is the other name of rotating Thunderstorm?

• Tornado

• Circular Thuderstorms

• Thuderstorms

• Supercell

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which Thunderstorm is the most dangerous?

• The Single-Cell

• The Multi-Cell

• The Supercell

• The Squall Line

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a rapidly moving current of cool air that flows downward in a thunderstorm?

• downdraft

• updraft

• speed shear

• supercell

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Changes in the wind direction at different altitude; causes rising air to begin to rotate

• speed shear

• directional shear

• storm surge

• gust front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The part of the thunderstorm that is the highest and precipitation free

• Anvil

• Wall cloud

• Cap

• mesocyclone

A mesocyclone is

• Deep continuously rotating updraft

• Deep continously rotation downdraft

• a pre tornado

• a supercell

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What creates the mesocyclone

• the anvil

• wind shear

• the updraft

• wall cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A wall cloud is

• a cloud in the distance

• a square cloud

• a cloud desending from a cumulonimbus cloud

• a dangerous cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How common are supercell Thunderstorms

• most common

• average

• about 10% of thunderstorms are supercells

• rarest form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why do supercells last longer than air mass Thunderstorms

• more directional shear

• wind shear separates the updraft and downdraft

• they travel faster

• They grow larger