Storm Systems

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry

• Wet

• Cold

• Warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Thunderstorm clouds are known as _____.

• cirrus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• cumulus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• low

• high

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A ________________ is an intense storm with strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Electricity may flow within the cloud also flow between the cloud and the ground. These electrical currents are _________________.

• thunder

• particles

• lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

When lightning moves through the air, the air gets very hot. The hot air expands rapidly. As it expands, it makes the air vibrate. These vibrations release energy in the form of sound waves called ______________.

• thunder

• particles

• lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• flooding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Lightning heats the air so much that the air expands. The sound created by the sudden expansion and contraction is called _______________________.

• expansion

• thunder

• radar

• lightning