Storms

A tropical storm has rotating winds with a high pressure area at its center.

• True

• False

A rotating funnel-shaped cloud with winds that blow up to 500 km/h is called a tornado.

• True

• False

How does a tornado form?

• A levee or a dam failure, A sudden release of water from an ice jam, A few minutes or hours of heavy rain.

• Tornadoes form when a thunderstorm meets horizontal winds at a high altitude. These winds cause the warm air rising in the thunderstorm to spin.

• Tornadoes form when air cools and rises, water vapor condenses, heat is released and allows tornadoes to grow.

• Tornadoes begin as a group of thunderstorms turn into violent low-pressure storms near the equator.

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• flooding

Most hurricanes

• cannot be seen from space.

• cross large amounts of land.

• become dangerous category 5 storms.

• lose their power when they move into cooler waters or moves over land.

The calm area in the center of a hurricane is called the _____.

• draft

• funnel

• eye

• squall

Where in the US do you think a blizzard is LEAST likely to form?

• Alaska

• Russia

• California coastline

• Utah

What is one example of how a blizzard can be dangerous

• roads can be slippery and icy

• It can get really hot

• There are no dangers

How can a flash flood form?

• air temperature must be below freezing

• when a thunderstorm meets horizontal winds at a high altitude

• warm air rising

• A few minutes or hours of heavy rain

In order for a hurricane to form, the water must be ________.

• Cool

• Warm

• Cold

• temperate