7.1.4.3 Severe Weather

Weather and climate events that cause major damage, injury, and death.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where do the thunderstorms that become hurricanes usually form?

• the northwest coast of Africa

• the Gulf of Mexico

• the western coast of South America

• the arctic circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where does the most of the energy that fuels a hurricane come from?

• wind

• land masses

• warm ocean water

• Cold ocean water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale based on?

• diameter of hurricane

• damage done by the hurricane

• wind strength

• where the hurricane comes from

What location are hurricanes most common?

• East Coast and Gulf of North America

• Japan

• India

• California

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large wave pushed far ashore by wind:

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A large body of water that overflows its boundaries:

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An extended period of well-below-average rainfall:

Sudden local flood:

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2