Severe Weather practice quizizz

A _________ can from when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud touches the ground.

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• tornado

A tornado begins as a ___________ cloud that pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud.

• cirrus

• cumulus

• funnel

• stratus

Where do hurricanes form?

• tornado alley

• over warm ocean waters

• over cold ocean waters

• in the central plains

Thunderstorms form along a cold front

• True

• False

Thunderstorm clouds are known as _____.

• cirrus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• cumulus clouds

These storms produce the Earth's most powerful winds

• thunderstorms

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

The most dangerous aspect of a hurricane that comes ashore is the ________.

• storm surge

• eye wall

• wind speed

• rainfall

About 75% of the world's tornadoes happen in the United States during Springs and early Summer when cold, dry from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. This relatively flat part of the country is known as ________________.

• Tornado Paradise

• Thunderstorm Lane

• Tornado Alley

• Hurricane Row

Many people think that the winds are the most damaging part of a hurricane-most of the damage from hurricanes is actually caused by flooding from heavy rains and _________ _________, which is the rise in sea level that happens during a storm.

• water evaporating

• storm surge

• wind speed

• strong winds

Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes form at __________ pressure systems, where you have warm (typically moist/humid) air quickly rising.

• low

• high