Quiz 5-D

A weather ______ is issued when conditions are right for a type of severe weather, but that severe weather is not currently happening.

• watch

• warning

• forecast

A weather ______ is a prediction of future weather conditions.

• watch

• warning

• forecast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A weather ______ is issued when the storm has begun and people have reported seeing it.

• watch

• warning

• forecast

Scientists who study the atmosphere and the weather are called ______.

• geologists

• paleontologists

• meteorologists

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A ______ occurs when a large, swift-moving warm air mass meets a cold air mass.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• typhoon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A ______ is a storm with spiraling winds that forms over the ocean.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Static electricity that moves between clouds or between the clouds and the earth is called ______.

A rumble resulting from hot air instantly expanding and cooler air rushing in is called ______.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches down to the ground is a ______.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Understanding and predicting weather patterns helps us better ______ human life.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2