Severe Weather Review

What is this natural disaster?

• Landslide

• Windstorm

• Tsunami

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a drought?

• When there's not enough water to meet our needs.

• A long time with unusually warm temperatures.

• A long time with less than the usual amount of rain.

• When all the water is completely gone.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of severe weather is this?

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of severe weather is this?

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Tornadoes usually form _____.

• over land

• precipitation

• in warm areas

• in high-pressure systems

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes form ____.

• strong winds

• in colder areas

• over water

• in high-pressure systems

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The arrows represent air rising from the ocean to the atmosphere.

Rising warm air leads to the formation of __________.

• tsunamis

• high tides

• hurricanes

• density currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it pushes the warm air upward. If the warm air contains moisture, this can cause a thunderstorm to form. Why can we assume that a cold front like this would also be associated with a low-pressure system?

• the temperature is low, so the pressure is also low

• the air is moving upward, and the sky is cloudy with precipitation

• the air contains moisture, and only cold air masses contain moisture

• the cold front can NOT be associated with a low-pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What powers all thunderstorms?

• cold, dry air

• cold, moist air

• warm, dry air

• warm, moist air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the below statements is only true for hurricanes and not tornadoes?

• They have very high winds.

• They may cause great damage to property.

• They may result in death.

• They form only over warm oceans.