Severe Weather Vocabulary

What type of weather is this?

• Rain

• Storm

• Flood

• Hurricane

What do we call a long period of time without rain?

• Dry

• Heatwave

• Summer

• Drought

What is this type of weather called?

• Tornado

• Twister

• Hurricane

• Wind

What is this?

• Thunder

• Lightning

• Storm

• Torment

What is the loud sound you hear during a storm called?

• Storm

• Wind

• Lightning

• Thunder

What do we call a long period of time with hotter than normal temperatures?

• Heat

• Summer

• Heatwave

• Boiling hot

What type of extreme weather is this?

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Wave

• Landslide

What type of extreme weather causes the ground to move and buildings to fall down?

• Landslide

• Quake

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

What do we call a large amount of snow or ice falling quickly down a mountain?

• Snow storm

• Avalanche

• Blizzard

• Snow slide

What is the name of this extreme weather?

• Blizzard

• Snow storm

• Snow

• Hail