Thunder Storms and Safety Procedures!

A thunderstorm is an example of

• severe weather

• severe climate

• heavy storms and lightning

• a tropical low-pressure system

___________ goes along with thunder

lightning strikes

• after thunder

• along with thunder

• before thunder

• by itself

Lightning forms between positive and negative charges. The upper part of a cloud usually carries 1) _________ and the lower part of the cloud mainly carries 2) _________

• 1) negative electric charge, 2) positive electric charge

• 1) positive electric charge, 2) negative electric charge

• 1) water droplets, 2) pellets of ice

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Sound travels faster than light, True or False?

You can count the seconds between a lightning flash and the sound of thunder, True or False

If you are in an open area during a thunderstorm,

• stay close to the ground

• hide beside a tree

• get to a car

• call a relative

thunder is created by

• the gradual expansion of air

• the rapid expansion of air

• the force between molecules in lightning strikes

• the massive sound when clouds interact with eachother