Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Snow forms when the air is at or below 0 degrees celsius.

• True

• False

This weather bring strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and sometimes hail. What kind of weather is that?

• thunderstorm

• tsunami

• flood

• earthquake

Which extreme weather storm has 35 mph wind (+), visibility < 1/4 mile for over 3 hours

• thunderstorm

• fog

• Blizzard

• Hurricane

What do the wind speeds need to reach for a storm to be classified as a hurricane?

• 23 - 39 mph
• 40 - 73 mph
• 74 mph
• 600 mph

What fuels a hurricane's strength?

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Warm Water
• Cold Water

What happens as a hurricane moves further in-land?

• It speeds up and gets stronger
• It turns around and goes back to sea
• It slows down and gets weaker
• It stalls

The pressure inside a hurricane is _______.

• High

• Low

The name of the system that causes the winds to spin in a hurricane

• The Coriolis Effect

• The Corleone Affect

• The Circular Wind Phenomenon

• The East-West Effect

How much snow was recorded during the November 11th, 1940 blizzard?

• 27 inches

• 40-50 inches

• 8-10 inches

• none of the above

Look at the chart of the worst U.S blizzards. What year, that a blizzard took place, did the most deaths occur?

• 1978

• 1940

• 1888

• 1993