Storms

Funnel cloud that hits the ground

• destruction

• funnel cloud

• supercells

• tornado

An area in the Midwestern United States where most tornadoes strike.

• Gulf of Mexico

• Supercells

• Tornado Alley

• Rocky Mountains

Tornadoes that form over oceans and lakes.

• Hurricanes

• Waterspouts

• Dust Devils

• Twisters

Severe snowstorm

• strand

• forecast

• combine

• blizzard

During the blizzard of 1888, many deaths may have been prevented if weather forecasts had been more accurate.

• True

• False

A ____ happens when there is so much snow blowing around that you can't see anything at all.

• brownout

• whiteout

• blackout

• blizzard

Check the best answer to fill in the blank.

Black Blizzards were ________________.

• when the sun did not come out for days due to heavy cloud cover and dark rain.

• Snow that was so heavily mixed with soil that it looked black.

• giant dust storms that people could not see through.

A storm characterized by a rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.

• A) Cyclone

• B) Hurricane

• C) Tornado

• D) Typhoon

The scale used to measure the intensity of tornadoes.

• A) Richter Scale

• B) Fujita Scale

• C) Saffir-Simpson Scale

• D) Beaufort Scale

A large storm system with a low-pressure center that produces strong winds and heavy rain, typically forming over warm ocean waters.

• A) Cyclone

• B) Hurricane

• C) Tornado

• D) Blizzard