Storm Systems

The Jet Stream is

• caused by fast flying jets

• a band of fast moving winds that is formed by the collision of warm and colder air

• only effects birds that are flying

• makes things look like they are curving

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How do we know that Atlantic hurricanes mostly happen between June and November?

• patterns of past hurricanes

• weather forecasts

• looking at the ocean waves

• hurricanes in other places in the world

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Storms with high winds and heavy rain that form over warm ocean waters are called _____

• hurricanes

• blizzards

• tornadoes

• droughts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What front does this symbol represent?

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What front does this symbol represent?

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which front is likely to produce thunderstorms?

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Precipitation and storms occur ____.

• in high-pressure systems

• in polar zones

• in low-pressure systems

• at fronts

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What are thunderstorms?

• a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail

• a storm with high winds and heavy snowfall.

• a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

• a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a tornado the air is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a

• Stratus Cloud

• Altostratus cloud

• Cumulonimbus cloud

• Cirrus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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