Weather Review Game

Organize these options into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Thunderstorm

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(b) Tornado

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(c) Hurricane

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(d) Drought

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• A long period of time with low amounts of precipitation.

• Causes plants to die and water resources to dry up.

• Heavy Rain and whirling winds

• A rotating column of air that reaches from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground.

• Heavy Rain, strong wind, flashes of lightning and rolls of thunder.

• Winds exceed 75 mph.

• Intense storm with heavy rain, strong winds, and frequent lightning.

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• 
• Dark clouds, heavy rain, and strong gusty winds.

• Causes water shortages.

• Have winds of 58 mph or greater.

• Loud thunder, bright lightning, and torrential downpour.

• Strong, whirling winds in a funnel shaped cloud.

• High tides and huge waves.

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Tags

4.4.b

4.4

4.4.a

This storm system has:

1. 1. Heavy, blinding snow.

2. 2. Below freezing temperatures.

3. 3. Heavy winds.

4. 4. Causes electrical power outages.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This varies from day to day and place to place.

• Weather

• Climate

• Blizzards

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is Climate?

• Measurement of what is going on in the atmosphere day by day.

• Measurement of weather over a long period of time.

• A mass of water droplets or ice crystals that float in the atmosphere.

• The study of weather.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Any type of water that falls from the atmosphere.

Ex: Rain, snow, sleet, hail.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What types of storms do you know about?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What does a rain gauge do?

• Measures the amount of heat in the atmosphere.

• Measures how much precipitation (water) falls.

• Measures wind and speed.

• Measures how many pineapples are under the sea.

True/False: High air pressure brings fair weather and clear skies.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A strong whirling wind in a funnel shape is a

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When tornadoes form over water, what are they called?

• Tornado Alley

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

• Water Spout